Private sector employers and employees
Contact Wageline
Within Western Australia: 1300 655 266
Outside Western Australia: 08 6251 2100
wageline@dmirs.wa.gov.au
Mailing address
Locked Bag 14
Cloisters Square WA 6850
Private sector employers and employees
- WA pay rates
Find the right pay rate and view WA award summaries.
- Long service leave
State long service leave obligations apply to most WA employers.
- Annual, sick and other leave
Paid and unpaid leave entitlements.
- Contact Wageline
How to contact Wageline and subscribe to our newsletters.
- Termination and dismissal
Dismissal, redundancy and resignation requirements.
- When children can work
How old WA children must be before they can work.
- Complaints about underpayments
Making or responding to a claim for unpaid wages and entitlements.
- Record keeping requirements
Legal obligations about keeping employment, time and wages records.
- Hours of work
Understanding ordinary hours, rostering, penalty rates and overtime.
- Types of employment arrangements
Understand the difference between casual, part time, subcontractor or employee arrangements.
- Buying or selling a business
Obligations and entitlements for new and existing employees.
- Be a best practice employer
Flexible work and pay equity strategies for better business.
- Employment essentials
Getting started as a new employer, employment contracts and tips for starting a job.
- WA's industrial relations system
Who is in the WA system and the key features of our state system.
- Owner-drivers
Wageline may be able to assist owner-drivers with complaints about remuneration.
