Using or providing unlicensed labour hire services is now against the law in all SA industries.
If a labour hire provider has paid for a licence application that CBS has accepted but not yet approved, both the provider and their clients are covered by a temporary exemption.
Report licensing issues
You can make a report to Consumer and Business Services (CBS) if you believe someone is:
- operating unlicensed
- avoiding their licensing responsibilities through other arrangements
- failing to provide their licensee and responsible person details to the host.
What you’ll need
Identifying details of the business will help, like a business name, location, ABN, any advertising or licence number.
Report other issues with labour hire providers
Workplace health and safety problems should be reported to SafeWork SA.
Employee rights and conditions problems should be reported to the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Object to an application
Government authorities, agencies, councils and industrial associations can object to an application for a labour hire licence if they don’t think an individual or business director is fit and proper to hold a licence or become the providers responsible person.
Any objection must be made within 14 days of the application notice being published.
All applications for a labour hire licence are published online where you can object.
Contact CBS licensing
GPO Box 1719
Adelaide SA 5001
Email: occupational@sa.gov.au
Phone: 131 882 and press 4
Related pages
Other websites
- Responsibilities to labour hire workers - Fair Work Ombudsman
- Get help - Fair Work Ombudsman
- Health and safety responsibilities in labour hire - SafeWork SA
