Employment
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (Australian Government)
Starting a job - employment contracts - work experience and paid work - pay and conditions - modern awards and enterprise agreements - tax and super - safety and accidents - problems at work - quitting or losing your job - getting help.
Offered a job? Know your workplace rights
Industrial Relations (NSW)
Employment information for young people starting work. Covers letter of offer, pay, rights and responsibilities, trial period.
Fair Work Ombudsman
Pay - awards - leave - conditons of employment - termination of employment - Fair Work Ombudsman gives advice and information on workplace rights - responsibilities - investigates workplace complaints - enforces compliance with national workplace laws.
Fair Work Information Statement is available in various languages - Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Nepali, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese.
Fair Work Information Statement is available in various languages - Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Nepali, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese.
Employment and the law - Hot Topics issue no 76
Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC)
Overview of the Fair Work Act - federal and state workplace regulation - starting a job - conditions and entitlements - how to handle workplace problems and discrimination - health and safety - workplace injury - bullying and harrassmentm - leaving work - resignation, redundancy and dismissal.
Employment, Ch 24: The law handbook, 12th ed
Thomson Reuters
Overview of national workplace relations system - Fair Work Act - Fair Work Ombudsman - terms and conditions of employment - modern awards - enterprise agreements - termination of employment - unfair dismissal - unlawful termination - NSW workplace relations law - discrimination in employment - health and safety - unions.
A TOOL KIT BOOK
Fair Work Ombudsman
From 1 January 2010, the new National Employment Standards (NES) apply to all NSW private sector employees. All employees have minimum conditions including leave entitlements, maximum hours of work, public holidays and notice of termination.
Fair Work Commission
National workplace relations tribunal - minimum wages and employment conditions - national awards and agreements - dispute resolution - industrial action and termination of employment.
Some information is available in Arabic, Chinese Croatian, Dari, Greek, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Some information is available in Arabic, Chinese Croatian, Dari, Greek, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Employment problems - spot the signs
Legal Aid New South Wales
Problems with minimum wages - payslips - trial periods - casual hours - permanent employees - superannuation - unfair dismissal - contact information for Legal Aid NSW Employment Law Services.
Employing staff in Australia - Fair Work Ombudsman videos
Fair Work Ombudsman
Employee rights - pay - employers' responsibilities.
Also available in Arabic, Cantonese, Greek, Indonesian, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin, Khmer, Sinhalese, Turkish, Vietnamese.
NSW Industrial Relations website
Industrial Relations (NSW)
On 1 January 2010, all NSW employers and their employees previously covered by the state industrial relations system (mainly sole traders and partnerships) moved into the new national Fair Work system. Information for workers, employers and carers.
International students - know your workplace rights
Fair Work Ombudsman
NSW Commission for Children and Young People
Working with children check for employers - certificate for self-employed people - child safe check for organisations.
