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If this person is experiencing poor work conditions, help is available.
The services below can provide free information and advice to migrants experiencing a workplace issue.
It is important that the individual has provided informed consent before a referral is made. See steps in making a referral.
For free and confidential legal advice, contact:
Circle Green Community Legal
Circle Green Community Legal provides free and confidential workplace law advice, education, advocacy, representation, information and referrals to vulnerable, non-unionised employees in Western Australia. They have a free state-wide Telephone Advice Service and may be able to provide further assistance.
Circle Green Community Legal can assist with issues such as:
- Employment contracts
- Pay, leave, and other minimum conditions of employment
- Redundancy
- Resignation (including forced resignation)
- Dismissal and disciplinary action
- Discrimination and sexual harassment
- Bullying
Phone 08 6148 3636 or use the online form
Website circlegreen.org.au
If an interpreter is required, call Circle Green Community Legal to arrange this.
For free information about workplace rights and entitlements, and to report concerns or get assistance with workplace problems, contact:
Fair Work Ombudsman
The Fair Work Ombudsman is an Australian Government agency that regulates Australian workplaces.
Employees can't get into trouble or have their visa cancelled for contacting them to ask for information about their pay or other workplace rights.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has information and resources in over 30 languages on its website to help people understand their workplace rights and obligations in Australia.
Phone 13 13 94
Website www.fairwork.gov.au
If an interpreter is required, call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 13 14 50 and ask to connect to Fair Work on 13 13 94.
Wageline
Two industrial relations systems operate in WA, the state system and the national fair work system. Which system covers an employee depends on the business structure of the employer. More information is available at www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/ir-guide.
Wageline at the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety can be a first contact point for Western Australian employees who do not know which system covers them and need help with finding the right pay rate and resolving underpayment issues. Wageline provides information on pay rates and employment entitlements for private sector employees in the state system, and on long service leave for most Western Australian private sector employees.
Enquiries to Wageline are confidential, and employees do not need to provide their name, however Wageline will need the business name of the employer to check which industrial relations system covers the employee.
Employees can also report wage theft anonymously via www.wagetheft.wa.gov.au
Phone 1300 655 266
Email wageline@dmirs.wa.gov.au
If an interpreter is required, first call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 13 14 50 and ask to connect to Wageline on 1300 655 266.
For support from a union:
The Australian Unions Support Centre
The Australian Unions Support Centre provides free and confidential assistance and information for all workplace issues. Members of unions can contact their union for support.
Phone 1300 486 466
Email help@actu.org.au or use the online form
Website australianunions.org.au
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