Do you employ workers in the community services industry
A new portable long service leave scheme for the community service industry launched on 1 July 2025.
If you’re an employer in the community services sector, understand your responsibilities to ensure your workers receive their long service leave entitlements.
Employer registrations are now open.
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Creating a mentally healthy workplace is the responsibility of all employers, leaders and workers in NSW. Make your workplace safer and healthier by learning about how to manage mental health at work.
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Essentials for employers and employees in NSW. Learn about leave, health and safety, employment records and other matters affected by workplace legislation.
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Ministerial media release
A major pumped hydro project with the potential to power up to 120,000 homes has been given the green light to transform a former mining site into a renewable energy generator in the Gloucester Valley.
Ministerial media release
The Albanese and Minns Labor Governments and Muswellbrook and Lake Macquarie councils are working together to secure the future of the Hunter, with new plans set to unlock more than 7,000 jobs as part of the region’s shift from coal into a major industrial hub.
Ministerial media release
The Minns Labor Government welcomes the news that more than 400 direct, ongoing jobs are being supported in the Upper Hunter, as the Maxwell Underground Mine officially opens today.
Ministerial media release
The NSW Government has announced the opening of an expression of interest process today for Chief Commissioner and Commissioner roles on the NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC).
Ministerial media release
The Minns Labor Government has appointed a new Deputy President and four additional commissioners to the Industrial Relations Commission to support new bullying, harassment and workers compensation laws.
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Fact sheet
Learn about employer obligations for service returns in the building and construction long service payments scheme.
Guide
Learn how the building and construction industry portable long service payments scheme works as a contractor, including eligibility, service credits and payment options.
Privacy Collection Notice (PCN)
How Long Service Corporation handles your personal information when you apply for a long service payment on behalf of a deceased worker.
Guide
Learn when supervisors can record service in the portable long service payments scheme, including what counts as direct supervision and who is eligible based on their work.