Legislation

Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth)

Office of Parliamentary Counsel. Regulation, Australia-wide.

Version
Compilation No. 56, 20 June 2026
Last read
5 October 2026

Lists, item by item, what an employee record holds and how long it is kept. The Act says records are kept; this says which ones.

What changed

  • 1 November 2026Amendment not yet incorporated in a compilation (F2026L01352)The Federal Register lists Schedule 1, items 1 to 7 of the Fair Work Amendment (Fixed Term Contracts) Regulations 2026 as amending these Regulations from 1 November 2026. The items amend paragraphs 2.15(7)(b) and (i) and 2.15(9)(b) and (j), which deal with fixed term contracts, and insert an application provision as section 7.13 in Chapter 7.
  • 1 October 2026Amendment not yet incorporated in a compilation (F2026L01184)The Federal Register lists Schedule 1, items 4 to 7 of the Defence and Other Laws (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2026 as amending these Regulations from 1 October 2026. The items replace references to the Defence Regulation 2016 in paragraphs 3.29A(3)(a) to (c) with references to the Defence Regulations 2026, and insert an application provision as section 7.14 in Chapter 7.
  • 20 June 2026Compilation No. 56The Federal Register records this compilation as taking in Schedule 1, item 1 of the Fair Work Amendment (Exclusion of State and Territory Laws) Regulations 2026.

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