r3.42-3.43: regs 3.42 and 3.43 Give employees access to their records
On request by an employee or former employee, the employer makes a legible copy of the record available for inspection and copying at the premises within 3 business days, or posts it within 14 days, where records are kept at those premises, or as soon as practicable otherwise; tells the person where the records are kept; and allows the person to interview the employer or its representative about a record during ordinary working hours.
Our statement of the clause of Australia Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), held and verified: cite it as r3.42-3.43. The instrument verbatim is not quoted here; the held framework carries the reading.
The evidence this duty asks you to hold
Register of record access requests with dates and responses within 3 business days or 14 days; Procedure for former employees to request records; Copies of records provided
What usually goes missing
Requests from former employees ignored; Responses beyond the time limits; Records only viewable on-site with no copy
Where this lands in an audit
In Equal Pay Auditor this control informs the same-work screen, the category figures and the remediation steps, which carry their article citations on the result.