Labour hire changes
Published 12 April 2024 | Updated 1 November 2024
Labour hire employees can apply to receive a protected rate of pay no less than what they would receive if they worked directly for a host employer.
On this page:
- Protected rates of pay for labour hire employees
- Fair Work Commission resources
- Tools and resources
- Related information
Protected rates of pay for labour hire employees
Employees, unions and host employers can apply to the Fair Work Commission (the Commission) for a regulated labour hire arrangement order (an order).
The Commission is the national workplace relations tribunal and registered organisations commission.
When an order applies, labour hire employees working for a particular host must be paid no less than the same pay rate they would receive under the host’s enterprise agreement (or another relevant workplace instrument). This is a ‘protected pay rate’.
See our updated information at:
Fair Work Commission resources
For information about these orders:
- visit the Commission's Labour hire employees' protected rates of pay section
- read the Commission's Guidelines for regulated labour hire arrangement orders.
The Commission has a subscription service to provide information and updates about regulated labour hire arrangement orders and applications. Register at: Regulated labour hire arrangement orders information.
Tools and resources
- Closing Loopholes – what’s changing
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations – Closing Loopholes fact sheets
