Child employment register

Wage Inspectorate Victoria maintains a register of all child employment licence holders. The register enables people to see if an employer holds a valid child employment licence.

To request an accessible version of this register, please call 1800 287 287.

For each licence holder, the register includes:

• legal name
• licence number
• contact details
• name and contact details of any nominated officer(s) if the employer is a company or corporation
• name and contact details of any employee representative(s) if the employer holds an entertainment licence
• date of issue and the date of expiry
• conditions that the licence is subject to.

The register is updated fortnightly.

All licences contain five standard conditions.

1. The licence holder must comply with all relevant Victorian and Commonwealth legislation and regulations, including but not limited to the Child Employment Act 2003 and the Child Safe Standards made under the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005, and the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004.
   
2. The licence holder must ensure the types of work contained in subsection 5(2) of the Child Employment Act 2003 are not performed by the child unless the risk of harm arising from the work or activity is managed to minimise the risk.
   
3. The licence holder must cooperate with any information request, audit, evaluation, inspection or investigation by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria.
   
4. The licence holder must keep a copy of this licence at any workplace where children will be employed under this licence, and must make it available on request to:
   • any child employed under this licence
   • any person employed to supervise those children
   • any parent or guardian of those children.
     
5. The licence holder must provide an induction to any child employed under this licence, and to any person employed to supervise those children. That induction must include summarising the licence holder’s responsibilities, the supervisor’s responsibilities and the child’s rights under:
   • the Child Employment Act 2003
   • the Child Safe Standards made under the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005
   • this licence.

Additional conditions may be included depending on the specifics of the application.