Enforcement of rights under the Wages Act 1949 and the AWSO 2024: FOI release

Information requested

For each calendar year 2022, 2023 and 2024:

1. How many ‘random’/routine ‘spot checks’ were carried out by Inspectors on employers?

2. How many checks were carried out by Inspectors in response to complaints made by individual worker(s)?

3. Of the total checks per 1 and 2 above, how many resulted in a report being made to your Enforcement section?

4. Of the total checks per 1 and 2 above, how many resulted in an enforcement notice being issued against the employer?

5. Of the total checks per 1 and 2 above, how many resulted in a penalty notice being issued against the employer?

Response

The answer to your question is laid out in the tables below. As the Control Test Inspection year follows the financial year the information supplied relates to the year it was selected for inspection but the physical inspection may have taken place in the first three months of the following year.

1. Control Test Inspections (Spot checks)

2022	119
2023	106
2024	116

2. Checks carried out in response to complaints

2022	10
2023	4
2024	9

3. All inspections, control checks and checks in response to complaints result in production of a report to the enforcement section. Therefore this applies to all checks in the previous two tables.

4. Enforcement Notices served

2022	3
2023	8
2024	13

5. Penalty Notices served

2022	0
2023	0
2024	1

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