s325: s 325 No unreasonable requirements to spend or pay money for the employer's benefit
The employer does not directly or indirectly require an employee, or a prospective employee in connection with potential employment, to spend or pay an amount of their money or wages where the requirement is unreasonable and, for a payment, it benefits the employer or a related party (for example unpaid trials paid by the worker, compulsory purchases from the employer, or cash-back schemes). Terms of awards, agreements or contracts allowing unreasonable deductions or requirements have no effect (s 326), and amounts required contrary to s 325 are treated as unauthorised deductions in recovery proceedings (s 327).
Our statement of the clause of Australia Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), held and verified: cite it as s325. The instrument verbatim is not quoted here; the held framework carries the reading.
The evidence this duty asks you to hold
Policy prohibiting requirements for employees or candidates to pay the employer or buy its goods; Review of recruitment practices for fees or unpaid trials; Complaint and whistleblower records concerning cash-back
What usually goes missing
Candidates charged for training or uniforms before engagement; Employees required to buy stock or products; Cash-back of wages to managers
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.