New public health direction for labour hire providers employing seasonal workers in Queensland
19 May 2020
Published 19 May 2020
Last updated 19 May 2020
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Queensland’s annual harvest season can go ahead safely and effectively during COVID-19
29 April 2020
JOINT STATEMENT
Premier and Minister for Trade
The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries
Published 29 April 2020
Last updated 29 April 2020
Record fine for rogue labour hire provider in Caboolture
26 March 2020
Yellow Hoa Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $120,000 in the Caboolture Magistrates Court for operating without a licence under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017, the highest penalty i
Published 26 March 2020
Last updated 26 March 2020
Unlicensed labour hire provider in Emerald fined $60,000
19 November 2019
Monstershield Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $60,000 in the Emerald Magistrates Court for operating without a licence under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017.
Published 19 November 2019
Last updated 19 November 2019
More successful prosecutions under Queensland’s labour hire laws
18 October 2019
Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has issued a warning to Queensland’s labour hire operators, following another three successful prosecutions in the Caboolture Magistrates Court this week.
Published 18 October 2019
Last updated 21 October 2019
Anniversary report of Australia’s first labour hire licensing scheme
7 August 2019
It has been a little over one year since Queensland’s pioneering labour hire licensing laws set minimum standards for labour hire providers, who must now show they are complying with their legal ob
Published 07 August 2019
Last updated 07 August 2019
Labour hire suspended and cancelled licenses
19 June 2019
The Labour Hire Licensing Compliance Unit (LHLCU) has suspended 123 licences for failure to lodge a six-monthly report required by the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017.
Published 21 June 2019
Last updated 21 June 2019
Rogue labour hire provider convicted
18 June 2019
Queensland Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has welcomed an Australian-first conviction of a labour hire provider who supplied workers to a business without a licence to do so.
Published 21 June 2019
Last updated 18 October 2019
Growers urged to check labour hire licence credentials
22 January 2019
With the strawberry season in full swing on the Granite Belt, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has been meeting with growers to remind them they must only use licensed labour hire providers.
Published 23 January 2019
Last updated 23 January 2019
Poultry processors targeted in safety audit
31 August 2018
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will begin compliance audits of poultry processing workplaces from September with a view to cutting injuries for labour hire and visa workers.
Published 31 August 2018
Last updated 31 August 2018