Latest and past editions of labour hire licensing news

Queensland labour hire licensing news keeps you updated on how Queensland’s labour hire licensing scheme continues to achieve significant outcomes in protecting vulnerable workers and ensuring the integrity of the labour hire industry.

September 2026

This edition brings together a range of important updates and insights for labour hire providers across Queensland. It features an update from South Australia’s labour hire licensing regulator on changes to their licensing requirements. It also includes an update on developments in long service leave obligations relevant to labour hire providers in Queensland. This edition also includes information on our licensing and prosecution outcomes, inspectors’ recent field activities in Stanthorpe and the Granite Belt region, and information from the Fair Work Ombudsman about deductions.

May 2026

This edition focuses on helping employers and businesses manage psychosocial hazards in the workplace and includes an update from the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) on recent developments in sexual harassment laws. It also provides guidance from Blue Card Services on the obligations of labour hire providers supplying workers to businesses delivering child-related services.

February 2026

This edition covers recent labour hire licensing and compliance activity, psychosocial hazards in the workplace, mental health in the agricultural industry, licensing action taken from October to December 2025, a prosecution in the security industry, and joint field visits in Mareeba, the Granite Belt and Warwick area.

November 2025

The next edition for the 2025-26 financial year covers the providers subject to licensing action from July to September 2025, information from the Fair Work Ombudsman about their role and how they assist workers and businesses in the building and construction industry and general guidance on employing children in Queensland. It also covers our joint activities with Queensland Fire Department (QFD) in Gatton, our field visits in the Wide Bay and Burnett areas, and recent prosecutions under the labour hire licensing scheme.

August 2025

Our second edition includes articles about licensing and compliance actions, a spotlight on the disability support sector, joint operations with the Australian Border Force, upcoming field visits in North Queensland, guidance on sham contracting, and recent prosecutions under the labour hire licensing scheme.

February 2025

This edition covers the providers subject to licensing action from July to September 2024, spotlight on Queensland’s horticulture industry, prosecutions during 2024-25 and general guidance for users of labour hire services.