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Section : Making, keeping or providing false or misleading records or information
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified
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The FW Act prohibits a person from making or keeping employee records, or giving pay slips, which they know are false or misleading. It also prohibits a person from knowingly or recklessly providing false or misleading information or documents to the Fair Work Ombudsman, a Fair Work Inspector, or a FWO officer exercising certain powers. This includes omitting something from information that makes it false or misleading. Where the false or misleading nature of the employee record, pay slip or information is material (for example, it is not trivial), a court can impose penalties. In cases where the false records are made or kept either knowingly or recklessly, a court can impose significantly higher penalties for a 'serious contravention'. In some cases, knowingly giving or producing false or misleading information or documents to officials may also be a criminal offence. Find the current maximum penalty amounts at fairwork.gov.au/litigation