About Public Sector Industrial Relations
We are a team of highly skilled industrial relations professionals. We provide quality advice to the NSW Government and on industrial relations in the NSW public sector.
Our purpose
We develop public sector industrial relations policy. This strengthens workforce capability and improves business outcomes for the NSW public sector. We:
- lead and monitor industrial relations policy, strategy and practice
- ensure consistent application of Government policy objectives
- manage the NSW Fair Pay and Bargaining Policy in partnership with NSW Treasury
- support the Minister for Industrial Relations, Cabinet and the Secretary of the Premier's Department as Industrial Relations Secretary.
What we do
- Provide strategic expert advice on industrial relations issues. This includes implications of industrial relations policy and practice on the public sector
- Manage major public sector industrial issues, including matters about awards, agreements and disputes that have a significant impact on service delivery
- Lead industrial relations negotiations across the NSW public sector
- Intervene in major industrial cases that have a sector-wide impact or set precedent
- Deliver learning and development initiatives to increase capability in the sector
- Contribute to inter-jurisdictional collaboration across the public sector nationally.
Contact Us
Individual employees and managers
NSW public sector employees or managers seeking advice, please contact the human resources or industrial relations section in your agency.
Agency HR/IR personnel
Public Sector Industrial Relations welcomes enquiries from NSW public sector human resources and industrial relations specialists. Agencies should enquire with their designated PSIR contact in the first instance or, if unavailable, via the email link below.