Wednesday, 18 March 2020

Wage Theft Bill 2020

Introduction and first reading

Ms HENNESSY (Altona—Attorney-General, Minister for Workplace Safety) (09:36): I move:

That I introduce a bill for an act to create offences relating to the theft of employee entitlements and the keeping of records relating to employee entitlements, to establish the Wage Inspectorate Victoria and for other purposes.

Motion agreed to.

Mr WAKELING (Ferntree Gully) (09:36): I ask the Attorney-General for a brief explanation of the bill.

Ms HENNESSY: I will be briefer than last time. This is effectively a bill that introduces the criminalisation of wage theft and other offences relating to the keeping of wage documents and establishes the Victorian Wages Inspectorate.

Read first time.

Ordered to be read a second time tomorrow.