Businesses using labour supply
If you use workers who are not directly engaged by your business e.g. labour hire or contract labour, you must ensure you have undertaken due diligence to make sure these businesses are adequately registered for work injury insurance.
A labour hire arrangement is one where a labour hire business or agency provides labour (workers) to you, the host employer. The labour hire business is ultimately the employer and responsible for the worker’s remuneration and therefore their work injury insurance.
However, as a host employer you may have obligations to cooperate in enabling a worker’s return to suitable employment. These obligations apply where a host employer is using labour hire workers as defined in the Act.
Where can I find out more?
Labour hire can be a complex subject, so we have prepared some questions and answers, as well as a fact sheet, for host employers- external site and labour hire businesses- external site to answer commonly asked questions.
Employer lookup
To check if the business you have engaged is registered with ReturnToWorkSA, use our employer lookup- external site tool. Alternatively, to specifically search for companies that have a labour hire licence, please use the licence number search tool on the Consumer and Business Services website.
The information you provide assists us in targeting those labour hire businesses which are not doing the right thing. If you are having difficulties finding a match, email premium@rtwsa.com- external site or call us on 13 18 55 between 8:30am and 5:00pm Monday to Friday.
Date printed: 21 Dec 2024
