Industrial Relations Commission of NSW

The Industrial Relations Commission conciliates and arbitrates to resolve industrial disputes, sets conditions of employment and fixes wages and salaries by making industrial awards, approves enterprise agreements and decides claims of unfair dismissal. 

The Industrial Relations Commission is part of the New South Wales Department of Attorney General and Justice. The Department provides the legal and administrative framework within which the Attorney General, as the first law officer of the State, operates. The Department also provides the support services necessary to enable the Attorney General to meet legislative and advisory responsibilities to the Parliament and Cabinet. The Department also works co-operatively with the judiciary to support the courts and justice system. 

The Industrial Relations Commission is established under the Industrial Relations Act 1996 with conciliation and arbitral functions. Section 3 of that Act sets out its functions as follows:

• To provide a framework for the conduct of industrial relations that is fair and just
• To promote efficiency and productivity in the economy of the State
• To promote participation in industrial relations by employees and employers at an enterprise or workplace level
• To encourage participation in industrial relations by representative bodies of employees and employers and to encourage the responsible management and democratic control of those bodies
• To facilitate appropriate regulation of employment through awards, enterprise agreement and other industrial instruments
• To prevent and eliminate discrimination in the workplace and in particular to ensure equal remuneration for men and women doing work of equal or comparable value
• To provide for the resolution of industrial disputes by conciliation and, if necessary, by arbitration in a prompt and fair manner and with a minimum of legal technicality, and
• To encourage and facilitate co-operative workplace reform and equitable, innovative and productive workplace relations.

Location

Level 1, 47 Bridge Street Sydney NSW,   2000  View Map

-33.8635204,151.2121566

Level 1, 47 Bridge Street Sydney NSW ,  2000

Level 1, 47 Bridge Street Sydney NSW ,  2000

Industrial Relations Commission of NSW