Industrial Relations Victoria supports Victorian Government departments and agencies with industrial relations matters.
Its Private Sector Industrial Relations unit:
- leads Victorian government participation in the development and maintenance of, and reforms to, the national industrial relations system
- advocates and leads responses and submissions to major industrial relations reviews and inquiries
- develops policy and implements government programs and responses in areas such as on-demand work
- develops and monitors legislation on Victorian industrial relations matters, including:
- long service leave
- child employment
- owner drivers
- labour hire.
- works closely with regulators including:
- provides secretariat support to industry councils in the transport and forestry sectors helping owner drivers and forestry contractors run effective businesses
- promotes gender pay equity initiatives in the private sector through the secretariat to the Equal Workplaces Advisory Council
- monitors private sector industrial disputes and provides advice to the Minister where matters may significantly affect the public interest.
Restricting Non-disclosure Agreements (Sexual Harassment at Work) Act 2025
The Victorian Government is introducing a new law which will change the way non-disclosure agreements can be used in workplace sexual harassment cases.
Workplace Surveillance
Government Response to Inquiry into workplace surveillance
Reporting criminal and unlawful conduct on public construction projects policy
The Victorian Government has zero tolerance for criminal or unlawful conduct and require contractors to establish processes to identify, report and manage such conduct on public construction worksites
Equal Workplaces Advisory Council
The Equal Workplaces Advisory Council advises the Victorian Government about initiatives that will tackle the gap in women's pay and workforce participation.
Pay Equality Toolkit
The Pay equality toolkit is a suite of resources to support Victorian small-to-medium enterprises to achieve equal pay. Developed in consultation with EWAC, industry experts and a variety of small Victorian businesses, the toolkit delivers recommendations from the 2020 report Equal pay matters.
Transport Industry Council
The Transport Industry Council is responsible for making recommendations to the Minister for Industrial Relations on commercial practices affecting owner drivers.
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