r3.44: reg 3.44 Correct errors in records and do not alter them otherwise
The employer corrects a record as soon as it becomes aware of an error, notes the nature of the corrected error with the correction, does not alter records (and ensures others do not) except to correct them or as the Act permits, and no one uses an entry known to be false or misleading.
Our statement of the clause of Australia Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), held and verified: cite it as r3.44. The instrument verbatim is not quoted here; the held framework carries the reading.
The evidence this duty asks you to hold
System audit trail showing corrections with notation of the error; Access controls preventing unauthorised edits to time and pay records; Review of manual timesheet adjustments
What usually goes missing
Timesheets edited by supervisors without notation; Corrections overwrite original values with no trace; Shared payroll logins
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.