Industrial Relations Inspectorate Policies and Guidelines

NSW Industrial Relations Inspectorate: Prosecution Guidelines

These Guidelines have been published to ensure greater certainty, consistency, fairness, transparency and accountability about:

• the basis on which the Inspectorate will make a decision to prosecute; and 

• the factors the Inspectorate will take into account in deciding which charges to lay. 

State Compliance Unit: Complaints Handling Policy

The State Compliance Unit (SCU) is a unit within the New South Wales Industrial Relations (NSW IR) Inspectorate. The purpose of this Policy is to outline: 

• the SCU’s functions in relation to complaints; 

• the framework used by the SCU for assessing, investigating, and concluding complaints received; and 

• relevant complaint management standards maintained by the SCU. 

Strategic Investigations Team: Compliance and Enforcement Policy

The Strategic Investigations Team (SIT)) is a unit within the New South Wales Industrial Relations (NSW IR) Inspectorate. The purpose of this Policy is to outline: 

• the SIT’s functions with respect to investigation, compliance and enforcement actions; and 

• the framework for investigating and concluding investigations undertaken by the SIT.