WA
If you are experiencing a work-related problem, help is available.
The services below provide free information and advice to migrants, people on temporary visas or people without a visa. You can talk about your concerns in private and without your employer or sponsor knowing.
For free and confidential legal advice
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 you need an interpreter, call Circle Green Community Legal to arrange this.
For free information about workplace rights and entitlements, to report concerns or get assistance with workplace problems
Fair Work Ombudsman
The Fair Work Ombudsman is here to help you.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is an Australian Government agency that regulates Australian workplaces.
The Fair Work Ombudsman provides free advice and assistance to all workers to help them understand their rights and, can help fix workplace problems.
You can't get into trouble or have your visa cancelled for contacting them to ask for information about your pay or other workplace rights.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has information and resources in over 30 languages to help people understand their workplace rights and obligations in Australia.
Phone 13 13 94
Website www.fairwork.gov.au
If you need an interpreter, first call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 13 14 50 and ask for Fair Work on 13 13 94.
Wageline
Wageline at the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety can be a first contact point for you if you work in WA and need help with finding the right pay rate and resolving underpayment issues. Wageline will check which system of employment laws you are covered by and either provide information on pay rates and other employment entitlements or ask you to call the Fair Work Ombudsman for the right information.
Calls to Wageline are confidential, and you do not need to provide your name, however Wageline will need the business name of your employer to check which system of employment laws covers your employment, but they don’t contact your employer when you make a general enquiry.
Phone 1300 655 266
Email wageline@dmirs.wa.gov.au
Website www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/contactwageline
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If you need an interpreter, first call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 13 14 50 and ask for 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 for all workplace issues. If you're a union member, you can also contact your union for support.
Phone 1300 486 466
Email help@actu.org.au or use the online form
Website www.australianunions.org.au
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