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All vehicles used by farm labour contractors to take farm workers to a job site must have a vehicle safety notice posted in them. The notice says that all passengers must be seated, and in vehicles requiring seatbelts, every passenger must wear a seatbelt. | All vehicles used by farm labour contractors to take farm workers to a job site must have a vehicle safety notice posted in them. The notice says that all passengers must be seated, and in vehicles requiring seatbelts, every passenger must wear a seatbelt. | ||
Can a contractor charge you for gas, travel costs, or GST, or deduct money from your wages for hiring you or finding you work? | ==Can a contractor charge you for gas, travel costs, or GST, or deduct money from your wages for hiring you or finding you work?== | ||
No, farm labour contractors cannot do any of these things. As well, contractors must clearly display the wages being paid in 2 places – where the work is done and on all trucks and vehicles used to carry workers. The contractor must also keep a record showing the dates worked by each worker, the crop picked each day, and the volume or weight of crop picked each day by each worker. | No, farm labour contractors cannot do any of these things. As well, contractors must clearly display the wages being paid in 2 places – where the work is done and on all trucks and vehicles used to carry workers. The contractor must also keep a record showing the dates worked by each worker, the crop picked each day, and the volume or weight of crop picked each day by each worker. | ||