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Amendments to NSW IR laws

The NSW Government introduced amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1996 which provide greater protections for injured workers, strengthen the powers of the Industrial Relations Commission to hear industrial cases of national importance and provide alternative dispute resolution services to parties to federal workplace agreements.

View and download a copy of this NSW Industrial Relations Act 1996 No 17.

In addition, the NSW Government introduced the Industrial Relations (Child Employment) Act 2006 No 96 to provide fair conditions of work and employment protections for young workers under 18 years of age.

This law requires employers operating in the federal industrial relations system to provide pay and conditions at least equal to the NSW award which would have applied to the work (plus any applicable NSW industrial legislation such as the Annual Holidays Act). Children employed by these employers will also have remedies for unfair dismissal.

• Laws for workers under 18 - Information for employers 
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