Wages Protection Act 1983

14: Employer may have actual offender charged

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"Employer can charge the person who did something wrong"

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If you are an employer, you can have the person who actually did something wrong charged. This is part of the Wages Protection Act 1983. You should know that this part of the law has been repealed, which means it is no longer in effect, and was repealed on 15 May 1991 by the Wages Protection Amendment Act 1991.

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Work and jobs > Worker rights

13: Penalties, or

"What happens if you break the rules: penalties for not following the Wages Protection Act"

15: Act subject to other enactments, or

"This law works with other laws, except for a few special parts."

14Employer may have actual offender charged (Repealed)

Notes

Section 14: repealed, on 15 May 1991, by section 4 of the Wages Protection Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 33).