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142W: Involvement in breaches
or “This law explains who can get in trouble for helping someone break workplace rules.”
You could also call this:

“You could get in trouble if you help someone break the rules at work.”

If you are involved in breaking employment laws, you might have to pay a penalty. This applies in two situations:

  1. You are involved in the breach as explained in section 142W of this law.
  2. The law says there is a penalty for that specific breach.

Only a Labour Inspector can ask for a penalty to be given to someone who was involved in breaking the law. This means you can’t be penalised unless a Labour Inspector decides to take action.

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Next up: 142Y: When person involved in breach liable for default in payment of wages or other money due to employee

or “People who helped break work rules might have to pay money owed to workers if the boss can't pay.”
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Part 9A Additional provisions relating to enforcement of employment standards
Liability of persons involved in breach, bodies corporate, and principals

142XPerson involved in breach liable to penalty

  1. A person involved in a breach is liable to a penalty under this Act if—

  2. the person is involved in the breach within the meaning of section 142W; and
    1. this Act provides a penalty for the breach.

      1. An application for a penalty against a person involved in a breach may be made only by a Labour Inspector.

      Notes
      • Section 142X: inserted, on , by section 19 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).