Private sector employers and employees
Telephone: 1300 655 266
Mailing address
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East Perth WA 6892
Private sector employers and employees
- About Private Sector Labour Relations
Learn about the role of Private Sector Labour Relations in regulating and promoting compliance with state employment laws and shaping and implementing labour relations policy.
- WA pay rates
Start by learning how to find the right pay. Then view our WA award summaries, information on minimum rates, working hours, public holiday pay and deductions.
- Long service leave
Learn about entitlements under the Long Service Leave Act for most full time, part time, casual and seasonal employees in WA. Make a long service leave underpayment complaint and access our WA long service leave calculator.
- Complaints about underpayments
Make a complaint to Private Sector Labour Relations for unpaid wages and entitlements or anonymously report wage theft.
- Stay informed with Wageline
Contact Wageline, view and subscribe to our newsletter, and follow us on social media.
- Annual, personal and other leave
Learn about employee entitlements to paid and unpaid leave, and view our annual leave and personal leave calculation guides.
- When employment ends
Understand employee entitlements and employer obligations when employment ends through resignation, dismissal or redundancy.
- Resources for young workers in WA
Useful links and resources to help young people in WA working in the private sector to find the right information on their employment rights.
- When children can work
Learn about the restrictions on people under 15 years of age working in WA, including the jobs where children are not permitted to work and restrictions on working hours.
- WA employer essentials
Resources for household employers, new employers in the state system, and obligations under state employment laws when a business is bought or sold. - Stop bullying and sexual harassment
Find out how state system workers can make an application for a stop bullying or sexual harassment order. - Employment explainer videos
Watch our explainer videos on employment rights and obligations.
- Types of working arrangements
Learn about types of working arrangements, including what is casual work and the differences between an employee and a contractor.
- Employment records and pay slips
Understand employer obligations for keeping employment records and providing pay slips.
- Employee protections
Information on advertising lawful wages, damaging action, and prohibition on sham contracting, cash back arrangements, and on accepting goods, accommodation or services as payment.
- Compliance and enforcement
Learn about compliance tools, proactive campaigns and compliance activities undertaken by Private Sector Labour Relations, and enforcement matters.
