Since July 2009 the Australian Government’s Fair Work Act has governed industrial relations matters for corporations and their employees in NSW. Sole traders and partnerships remained within the NSW state system.

NSW enters the national workplace relations system on 1 January 2010

The NSW Government has decided that all NSW employers currently covered by the NSW industrial relations system (mainly sole traders and partnerships) will move into the national scheme from 1 January 2010.

New legislation has been drafted to make this happen.

If you are an employer or employee currently covered by the NSW industrial relations system, there is some important information that you will need to know to prepare for your business’s move into the national scheme.

Help for NSW workplaces

NSW Industrial Relations is here to help you understand what the move to the national scheme will mean for you as an employer or employee presently in the NSW IR system.

In the coming weeks, NSW Industrial Relations will publish information on topics relating to the national scheme that will help employers who have been working within the NSW industrial relations system to come to grips with the changes to their workplace arrangements.  They will find out what they need to do to get ready for their move to the national system.

We will also update the content on this website as more information comes to hand.

You can subscribe to our What’s New service to be automatically advised of our weekly updates. Or you can follow us on Twitter at NSW_IR

You can also contact NSW Industrial Relations on 131 628.