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Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code Declaration 2024
I, Murray Watt, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make the following declaration.

Dated  6 December  2024

Murray Watt
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Simplified outline
Part 2—Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code
6 Failure to pay an applicable amount must not be intentional
7 Ascertaining correct pay rates and entitlements
8 Staying up to date with obligations
9 Reliable sources of information or advice
10 Taking steps to rectify the failure to pay the applicable amount
11 Other circumstances relating to the failure to pay the applicable amount and how the employer became aware of the failure

Preamble
  The Fair Work Ombudsman encourages all employers, including small business employers, to make genuine attempts to comply with workplace obligations, recognising that this promotes harmonious, productive and cooperative workplaces, reduces disputes and minimises the need for back pay.
  The Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code in this instrument provides non‑exhaustive examples of efforts that a small business employer can make, and reliable sources from which a small business employer may obtain information, to correctly pay full entitlements for their employees.

Part 1—Preliminary