Employers win reprieve

New employee record keeping requirements introduced under the Workplace Relations Regulations took effect on 26 March this year, however sanctions for failure to implement these arrangements were originally due to take effect from 26 September 2006.

The Government has decided to delay the time from which employers may be prosecuted for failing to meet these requirements until 26 March 2007.

The Minister for Workplace Relations, Hon Kevin Andrews MP, issued a media release today, advising this change and a number of other technical amendments to the Regulations.