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.
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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
The Minns Labor Government is continuing to ensure workers in NSW are safe at work by appointing new commissioner Bronwyn Byrnes to the Industrial Relations Commission.
Ministerial media release
Murwillumbah’s flood defence system is set to be strengthened, with work underway to upgrade stormwater pumps at Lavender Creek.
Ministerial media release
NSW Ambulance has today welcomed 16 new paramedics from interstate and overseas, providing a further boost to frontline health services across NSW.
Ministerial media release
The Minns Labor Government will legislate stronger protections for workers, bringing in Workplace Protection Orders (WPOs) to protect staff from abuse and violence.
Ministerial media release
More than 11,390 students across the state have benefitted from the Minns Labor Government’s $121.9 million investment in tertiary study subsidies since the program began in 2024.
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Fact sheet
Learn about employer obligations for service returns in the building and construction long service payments scheme.
Policy
The NSW Skills List identifies the qualifications eligible for a government subsidy under Smart and Skilled.
Guide
Learn how the building and construction industry portable long service payments scheme works as a contractor, including eligibility, service credits and payment options.