Private Sector Labour Relations

A proactive regulator of WA’s state employment laws, we assist employers and employees understand and meet their workplace rights and obligations.
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We are responsible for:

  • regulating and promoting employer compliance with state employment laws
  • shaping and implementing labour relations policy and legislative reform in the state industrial relations system
  • auditing suppliers to government to ensure compliance with employment obligations.

Through our Wageline service, we provide information on:

Learn about the two systems of employment law that operate for the private sector in WA

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Minimum rates of pay to increase from 1 July 2025

The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission has increased the State Minimum Wage and pay rates in WA awards effective from the beginning of the first pay period that starts on or after 1 July 2025.
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