Running an employment placement service in NSW
Find out what laws employment placement services need to follow when helping job seekers find employment.
The Fair Work Ombudsman promotes and monitors compliance with workplace laws and also provides:
- education
- assistance, and
- guidance.
NSW Industrial Relations offers employers:
- training
- audits
- information.
They also promote workplace rights and compliance.
Employment placement services do not need licences, but the service must comply with the:
Actions employment placement service cannot do
An employment placement service must not:
- charge a job seeker a fee for the purpose of finding the job seeker employment
- must not engage in misleading or deceptive conduct, such as:
- advertising a position as being available when the agency knows the position does not exist, or
- knowingly giving misleading information to a job seeker about the nature of a position.
If a job seeker believes an employment placement service has acted inappropriately, they can contact NSW Fair Trading for information on possible action that may be taken.