IND316 - Healthcheck: Labour protection laws
Metric: Presence/absence of regulatory requirements protecting workers (in addition to the Fair Work Act 2009) - an indication of whether workers are protected or potentially vulnerable.
Indicates whether protections beyond standard employment laws exist to support worker welfare and safety.
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Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-07-03T00:00:00
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
- Credit
- The continuation of Australian Fisheries Healthcheck has been supported by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) on behalf of the Australian Government (Project 2023-024) and the DAFF Ag Traceability Uplift – Responsible fisheries – Activating a comprehensive Ecological, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting data system to uplift sustainability traceability. The project ran from 2023-2026.
- Status
- On going
- Topic category
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- Economy
- Society
- Farming
- Environment
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2025-01-01
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Quarterly
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Governance
- Keywords (Sub-Topic Category)
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- Legal and institutional arrangements
- Global Change Master Directory Earth Science Keywords, Version 8.5
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Hobday, A. & Ogier, E. (2025) Healthcheck Sustainability Indicator Reporting for Australian Fisheries. CSIRO. Data accessed from https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/570c389c-6c00-4edf-8aed-8c49a5b4547d on [access date]
- Other constraints
- Please also cite the associated project report: Hobday, A., Ogier, E., Thomas, L., Spanou, E., Walsh, P., Fleming, A., Jumppanen, P., Hartog, J., Flukes, E., Bustamante, R., Deng, R., Rochester, W., Kenyon, R. (2026) Healthcheck3 - Activating a comprehensive ESG reporting data system to uplift sustainability traceability. Prepared for the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC project 2023/024) and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australian Government (National Agricultural Traceability Grants Program (Grant ID 4-IMHI4L3). CSIRO, Hobart, Australia.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- CSV
- OnLine resource
- Data for IND316 - Labour protection laws
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Step 1: Search for any data regarding fishery worker visa status (e.g. in reports). Search for data regarding sharefishing arrangements made with the fishery. If all workers are known to hold permanent visas (WTV ❌) and it is known that no sharefishing arrangements are in place (SF ❌), assume that the 2009 Fair Work Act applies and that there is no potential for vulnerable workers. Report "Workers protected" and the date of data provenance and/or publication of the information that states that there are no workers with temporary visas or sharefishing arrangements. Step 2: If any workers are known to be temporary visa holders (WTV ✅) or there is no available information regarding worker visa status (WTV ?) at the time of data collection for the framework, search for reference to Fishing Industry Labour Agreements. Options: Fishing Industry Labour Agreements apply to the fishery (WTV 🛡️), they are known to not apply (WTV ⚠️), or no information is found for the fishery (WTV ❓). If any sharefishing arrangements are known to exist with the fishery (SF ✅), or there is no available information regarding the Presence/absence of sharefishing arrangements (SF ?) at the time of data collection for the framework, search for formal agreements made around sharefishing that contain explicit provisions protecting workers. Options: Formal agreements protecting workers in sharefishing arrangements exist (SF 🛡️), they are known to not exist (SF ⚠️), or no information is found for the fishery (SF ❓). Step 3: Report either "Workers protected", "Potential vulnerable workers", or "Vulnerable workers" using the following decision rules: - WTV 🛡️ and SF 🛡️: "Workers protected" - WTV ✅ and WTV ⚠️: "Vulnerable workers" - SF ✅ and SF ⚠️: "Vulnerable workers" - (WTV ✅ or WTV ?) and WTV ❓: "Potential vulnerable workers" - (SF ✅ or SF ?) and SF ❓: "Potential vulnerable workers"
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- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/406ce32a-8fe1-4a48-86b8-cf45384c1195
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Name
- Healthcheck Indicator record
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/406ce32a-8fe1-4a48-86b8-cf45384c1195
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2025-08-10T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-07-03T16:13:21
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Fisheries Healthcheck logo
Spatial extent
Provided by
Associated resources
Not available
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