Information Collection Notification

When applying for certain positions, we may be legally required to collect specific information from you. This includes criminal history and proof of your right to work. These laws may include taxation, immigration, employment agencies, national security, professional or trade registration, labour hire licensing, public health, and protection for specific groups such as children or older adults.

The following Australian laws are applicable concerning the employment placement service that we provide:

1. Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW)
2. Australian Consumer Law
3. Migration Act 1958 (Cth) and Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)
4. The Fair Work Act 2009

There may be cases where our duties require us to obtain and disclose certain types of personal information relevant to specific jobs. When requesting information of this type, we will tell you whether the information supply is mandatory or voluntary.

If you do not give us all or part of the information we need

• we may be limited in our ability to locate suitable work for you;
• we may be limited in our ability to place you in work;
• we might decline to represent you in your search for work or put you forward for particular positions.
• Your personal information will be used in connection with the following:
• verification of your identity and right to work in Australia;
• our assessment of your suitability for registration with us;
• the necessary validation (including from appropriate third-party sources) of your resume, C.V., nominated references, or stated qualifications, experience, training or abilities. Where we require third-party validation, we will tell you how we propose to obtain it;
• your actual or possible work placement;
• your performance appraisals;
• any test or assessment (including medical tests and assessments) that you might be required to undergo;
• any criminal check that may be necessary for the employer or the type of work being or proposed to be performed
• our assessment of your ongoing performance and prospects;
• our identification of your training needs;
• suggestions we may make to you, whilst you remain registered with us, for further training in connection with work of the type that you are seeking through us;
• any workplace rehabilitation in which you and we are involved;
• our management of any complaint, investigation or inquiry in which you are involved;
• any insurance claim or proposal that requires disclosure of your personal or sensitive information;
• any reference that we may give concerning your work;
• our statutory compliance obligations;
• payroll functions;
• determining what (if any) fees may be payable by our clients in respect of your actual or potential work placements;

• our migration lawyers, should you require a valid visa to work in Australia;
• job alerts relating to your field of expertise; please note these alerts can be stopped at any time when requested;
• to keep in contact with you about roles we have placed you in or to request updated information from you.

Your personal information may be disclosed to:

• potential and actual employers and clients of Able Recruitment;
• referees;
• a person who seeks a reference about you;
• our insurers;
• a professional association or registration body that has a proper interest in the disclosure of your personal and sensitive information;
• a Worker’s Compensation body;
• our contractors and suppliers – e.g. our payroll services providers, I.T. contractors, internet service suppliers and database designers, some of whom may be offshore;
• a parent, guardian, holder of an enduring power of attorney (or like authority) or next of kin whom we may contact in any case in which consent is required, or notification is to be given and where it is not practicable to obtain it from or give it directly to you;
• any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information;
• Government departments and bodies if requested and required by law.