We are responsible for:
- regulating and promoting employer compliance with state employment laws
- shaping and implementing labour relations policy and legislative reform in the state industrial relations system
- auditing suppliers to government to ensure compliance with employment obligations.
Through our Wageline service, we provide information on:
- WA awards, minimum pay rates and working arrangements for state system employees
- long service leave entitlements for private sector employers and employees in both the state and national industrial relations systems
- Western Australia’s child employment laws.
Learn about the two systems of employment law that operate for the private sector in WA
Long service leave in WA
WA long service leave laws cover most private sector employers and employees.
Pay rates, awards and work arrangements
WA award summaries, minimum rates and working hours for state system employees.
When employment ends
Resignation, dismissal, redundancy and sale of business obligations for state system employees.
Young workers in WA
When children can work in WA and resources on employment rights for young workers.
Announcements
Festive season public holiday dates and entitlements
State system employers can prepare for the festive season by checking public holiday dates and employee entitlements.
Metal and manufacturing businesses now covered under one state award
Six metal and manufacturing state awards have been combined into one WA award.
Not so sweet: Sinamon cafe penalised again for breaching WA employment laws
Owners of Sinamon cafe chain penalised $31k for underpaying a young worker and failing to keep required employment records.
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