A term of a fair work instrument or a contract of employment has no effect to the extent that the term would be inconsistent with subsection 333B(1) or (2) (about employee rights relating to pay secrecy).
333D
An employer contravenes this section if:
(a) the employer enters into a contract of employment or other written agreement with an employee; and
(b) the contract or agreement includes a term that is inconsistent with subsection 333B(1) or (2) (about employee rights relating to pay secrecy).
The term in the contract that says you may not disclose payment information “has no effect”. The only thing about December 2022 that’s relevant is that the employer hasn’t contravened the law by having a contract older than that with such a term in it; the term still has no effect (i.e., it would be illegal to enforce).
333C would seem to indicate that you are correct, however as it pertains to me making a living, it’s not something I’m entirely willing to test out, even if losing my minimum salary job wouldn’t exactly be the end of the world.
In any case, the fact that it was legal up until less than a year ago is egregious.
Yeah that text seems very misleading based on my reading of the legislation (PDF link).
The term in the contract that says you may not disclose payment information “has no effect”. The only thing about December 2022 that’s relevant is that the employer hasn’t contravened the law by having a contract older than that with such a term in it; the term still has no effect (i.e., it would be illegal to enforce).
333C would seem to indicate that you are correct, however as it pertains to me making a living, it’s not something I’m entirely willing to test out, even if losing my minimum salary job wouldn’t exactly be the end of the world.
In any case, the fact that it was legal up until less than a year ago is egregious.