Contract Cleaner Award - Coverage clause updated
The Area and Scope clause of the state Contract Cleaners Award has been updated to improve clarity about coverage of this WA award. This change, which is...
Labour Relations
Announcements & Publications
Children working at the 2023 Perth Royal Show
The 2023 Perth Royal Show is being held in late September. There are laws which set restrictions on what ages children can work in Western Australia which...
King’s Birthday public holiday information for 2023
Monday, 25 September 2023 is the King’s Birthday public holiday in Western Australia. Wageline has published public holiday information for state system...
Long service leave when a business changes ownership
Under the WA Long Service Leave Act, an employee’s entitlement to long service leave depends on the length of their continuous employment with a business or...
Making an underpayment complaint information now...
Wageline’s Making a complaint about underpayment of wages or entitlements page has helped many WA employees understand and follow the steps in the process...
Long service leave when employment ends
Under the WA Long Service Leave Act, after 7 years of continuous employment an employee may have an entitlement to payment of long service leave when their...
Infringement notices issued for not keeping employment...
Private Sector Labour Relations industrial inspectors have the power to issue state system employers a civil infringement notice, similar to an ‘on-the-spot...
Farm Employee Award and WA award summary updated
The state Farm Employees Award was updated by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC) in May 2023, with the changes to the WA award...
Over $660,000 recovered in unpaid wages and entitlements
Industrial inspectors in Private Sector Labour Relations recovered $664,456 in unpaid wages and entitlements in the 2022/23 financial year. In the last 12...
New employment explainer videos
Wageline has just launched a series of new explainer videos which help WA employers and employees understand their rights and obligations under state...
WA award pay rates and the state minimum wage increased...
On 16 June 2023, the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission increased the state minimum wage and all pay rates in WA awards effective from the...
1 July 2023 pay rates now available on the Wageline website
Wageline now has available the 1 July 2023 versions of its WA award summaries which include the new rates of pay that will apply from the first pay period on...
