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Workforce Inspectorate Victoria freedom of information application

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At Workforce Inspectorate Victoria, we provide information and monitor compliance with Victorian laws relating to long service leave, child employment, child safe standards and owner drivers and forestry contractors.

You can request documents the Wage Inspectorate holds under the Victorian Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

The information on this page relates to Wage Inspectorate only, and not other Victorian government freedom of information (FOI) agencies. If your request relates to documents of another agency, contact them directly: Find an agency - Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner.

Workforce Inspectorate Freedom of Information application form

To request documents under FOI from the Workforce Inspectorate, complete the application form and send it to us by email or post.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION Request form 2025 Word 156.26 KB (opens in a new window)

Email FOI@wiv.vic.gov.au

Post Attention: Freedom of Information Officer Workforce Inspectorate Victoria GPO Box 4912, Melbourne, VIC, 3001

Before making a FOI request to the Workforce Inspectorate

Before requesting access to documents from the Workforce Inspectorate, consider:

Is the information you want in a document?

The FOI Act gives you the right to request access to documents from Victorian FOI agencies, including the Workforce Inspectorate. Generally, you cannot request information that does not exist in an existing document or answers to questions under the FOI Act.

Which agency has the document you want

Contact us to confirm we have the document before making your request. The Workforce Inspectorate only holds documents in relation to its own functions and operation.

The Workforce Inspectorate may be able to tell you how to get the document without a formal request, or let you know if another agency has the document.

Is the document publicly available?

For example, a document may be available on our website.

Why do you want access to the document or information?

Consider telling us why you want access to the document or information, or if you plan to use the document or information for a specific purpose. This may help us consider whether it can release the document without a formal request.

Information we are required to make publicly available

Child Employment Register

The Child Employment Act 2003 requires Workforce Inspectorate to establish and maintain a Child Employment Register. This register records information about licence holders, including:

Workforce Inspectorate’s FOI Part II Statements

In accordance with Part II of the FOI Act, we have prepared an Information Statement that covers:

This statement provides an overview of our functions, a snapshot of the types of information and documents we hold, instructions on accessing information and locating publicly available documents, and how to make a request under the FOI Act.

We make as much information publicly available on our website as possible, reducing the need for people to request documents under the FOI Act.

Read our information statement

Making a FOI request to the Workforce Inspectorate

A valid request

For your request to be valid under the FOI Act:

  1. your request must be in writing
  2. you must provide sufficient information about the documents you are requesting so we can locate relevant documents
  3. you must pay the application fee or request the agency waive the fee due to hardship.

Making a request in writing

Send the above FOI application form via email to FOI@wiv.vic.gov.au or by post to the attention of the Freedom of Information Officer, Workforce Inspectorate Victoria, GPO Box 4912, Melbourne, VIC, 3001.

If you are requesting your personal information or personal records, you should provide proof of your identity, such as a copy of your driver’s licence or other identification. We may also contact you to verify your identity before releasing any personal information.

Making sure your request is clear

Be clear and specific about the documents you are requesting access to. Your request needs to provide enough information for us to identify and locate all relevant documents. Please note we can only process documents that the Wage Inspectorate holds, and so cannot provide documents held by other FOI agencies.

When writing your request, be specific about what documents you are seeking and include as much information as possible. Consider:

Being specific in your request and excluding documents or information may allow us to process your request more quickly. For example, you could specify that you don’t want draft documents or commercial or personal information relating to other people.

If your request is not clear enough, we will contact you and take reasonable steps to help you clarify which documents you want to access.

Paying the application fee

The current application fee is $33.60. The application fee increases each year on 1 July. You can pay the application fee by bank cheque, money order, bank transfer or credit card. When you send us the application form, we will provide details about how to make the payment in order for the request to be valid.

We can waive or reduce the application fee if it will cause you financial hardship. If you request the application fee to be waived or reduced, you should provide evidence of hardship, for example, a concession or health care card, a bank statement or statutory declaration outlining why payment would cause you hardship.

After a request has been made

If the request is not valid

If your request is not valid, we will let you know within 21 days and explain why. We will also provide advice on how you can make a valid request.

If we advise you that your request is not valid, we must give you at least 21 days to make a valid request. If you do not begin consulting with us about how to make your request valid or you have not made a valid request after 21 days, we are not required to begin processing your request and may decide to finalise it.

If the request is valid

When we receive a valid request, we will send you a letter acknowledging receipt of your request.

We have 30 days from the date you make a valid request to provide you with a decision. However, this time can be extended by up to 15 days if we need to consult with third parties whose information may be contained in the requested documents. We may also extend this time by up to 30 days with your agreement. We will notify you if and why the time has been extended and the number of days by which we are extending the due date.

Contact us

For further information about how we handle requests for information, please contact us on 1800 287 287 and ask to be directed to the Freedom of Information Officer, email us at FOI@wiv.vic.gov.au or by mail to:

Freedom of Information Officer Workforce Inspectorate Victoria GPO Box 2392, Melbourne, VIC, 3001.

For further information about Victoria’s freedom of information laws, see the Victorian Government’s Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner website.

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