Queensland, Australia’s “Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017” came into effect on 16 April 2018, and labour hire service providers covered by the regulation have 60 days from its start to apply for a licence, according to the “Asia Pacific Legal Update Q1 2018” by Fiona Coombe, Director, Legal & Regulatory Research, at Staffing Industry Analysts.

A person provides labour hire services if the person supplies another to perform work.

“The regulations clarify the definition of a ‘worker’ and exclude certain categories of individual,” according to the report. “Exemptions include high-income earners not covered by a modern award or enterprise agreement or Queensland’s industrial relations system; individuals who are supplied by one entity to another which is part of the same group; and secondments of an in-house employee of a provider or similar arrangements.”

More information is available in the report to corporate members of Staffing Industry Analysts. The report covers legal developments in other parts of the Asia Pacific region, including China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea.