General obligations
Employers are required to make and keep employment records for seven (7) years.
The records are required to be:
- in a form that is readily accessible to an authorised Inspector
- in a legible form and in English (preferably in plain, simple English)
- unaltered unless correcting an error
- not be false or misleading
- made available to current and former employees on request
Records content
Employment records that an employer must make and keep is a record that specifies:
- the employer’s name
- the employee’s name
- whether the employee’s employment is permanent, temporary or casual
- the date on which the employee’s employment began
- on and after 1 January 2010 - the Australian Business Number (if any) of the employer
Records relating to Long Service Leave
The Long Service Leave Act 1955 section 8 refers to records to be kept by employers
- Every employer shall keep records for a period of at least 6 years