Wage Inspectorate Victoria promotes and enforces Victoria’s:
- child employment laws
- long service leave entitlements
- owner driver, forestry contractor, hirer and freight broker obligations.
What we do
- Give practical advice, information and support to employees and employers.
- Conduct targeted information campaigns.
- Investigate complaints.
- Carry out a range of enforcement functions to ensure the laws are being followed.
- Work with other government agencies to ensure fair employment conditions. This includes the Victorian Labour Hire Authority, which operates a licensing system for labour hire businesses operating in Victoria.
Our vision and strategy
Our vision is to create productive and prosperous workplaces for all Victorians. That means fairer conditions for workers and a level playing field for businesses.
We have 5 strategic priorities to help us deliver on our vision.
- Reduce harm: we prevent and reduce harm in Victorian workplaces.
- Educate and inform: we help businesses and workers understand their rights and obligations under the laws we enforce.
- Understand our stakeholders: insights, feedback and information from the community helps us to better target our compliance work and ensure our educative services meet stakeholder needs.
- Strong and trusted relationships: we develop and leverage strategic partnerships to help us enhance compliance with the law.
- Be a modern regulator: we implement regulatory best practice to deliver positive outcomes for workers and businesses.
Our strategy works in conjunction with our Compliance and Enforcement Policy, which outlines our operational approach to fulfilling our regulatory functions.
Our statutory responsibilities are outlined in the Wage Theft Act 2020 and the 3 other Acts we administer:
Our Commissioner
Robert Hortle was appointed Commissioner of Wage Inspectorate Victoria for a 5-year term on 17 June 2021.
Under the Wage Theft Act 2020, Robert is responsible for exercising the duties, functions and powers of the Wage Inspectorate under the legislation it enforces.
Freedom of information
You can request documents the Wage Inspectorate holds under the Victorian Freedom of Information Act 1982.
In accordance with Part II of the Act, we provide an information statement about:
- the Wage Inspectorate and its functions
- the categories of documents we hold
- our freedom of information arrangements
- our publications
- our rules, policies and procedures
- report literature.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Our Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Policy provides guidance on when and how to make decisions in relation to giving and accepting gifts, benefits or hospitability.
Our Gifts Benefits and Hospitality Register is a public register of all declarable gifts, benefits and hospitality offers made to Wage Inspectorate employees.
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