Page 2436 - Week 08 - Thursday, 5 August 2021
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In response to questions 4, 5 and 17:
Consultation was undertaken with stakeholders in the development of the new labour hire licensing scheme.
The first round of consultation was undertaken in July/August 2019 as part of the development process for the Act.
A second round of consultation was undertaken in September 2020 to inform the design of the supporting implementation instruments, included specific questions about exemptions, other workplace laws or standards, and other information to be included on the public register.
On implementation of the supporting instruments, the Minister wrote to stakeholders consulted in the earlier consultations, providing a fact sheet about the new scheme.
WorkSafe ACT, responsible for administering the new scheme, has made information about the new scheme publicly available on its website. This includes a range of resources, interactive guidance material and questionnaires, information to support providers make the required licence application, user case studies, introductory videos and industry specific fact sheets. In addition, WorkSafe ACT is hosting a range of industry-focused Q&A sessions throughout June 2021.
In answer to questions 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 16:
Information about the new labour hire licensing scheme is publicly available on the WorkSafe ACT website, the ACT Legislation Register website and in the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2020 and supporting legislative instruments.
In response to question 7:
Information about the Victorian labour hire licensing scheme is publicly available on the Labour Hire Licensing Authority, Victoria website.
Both the ACT labour hire licensing scheme and Victorian scheme are similar in requiring a licence to provide labour hire services, requiring providers to meet a fit and proper person test (or what is known as a suitable person test in the ACT), are similarly broad with exemptions applied to certain classes of worker and applying penalties for non-licenses.
In response to questions 12 and 13:
The new Labour Hire Licensing Scheme will be administered by WorkSafe ACT, with the Labour Hire Licensing Commissioner being the Work Health and Safety Commissioner under the Act.
In response to questions 14 and 15:
The ACT Budget for 2020-21, Budget Statements B, which is publicly available sets out the expenditure for the new Labour Hire Licensing Scheme.
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