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.
Employer registrations are now open.
Employment information
Looking for a new job
Prepare for, find, and secure a new position after losing your job.
Mental health at work
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.
Workplace rights and responsibilities
Essentials for employers and employees in NSW. Learn about leave, health and safety, employment records and other matters affected by workplace legislation.
Latest employment updates
Ministerial media release
The Minns Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment to employ an extra 1,000 apprentices across NSW Government agencies, with 71 new apprentices and trainees kicking off their careers at Transport for NSW worksites this month.
News
The first day in the career you’ve always dreamed of is a milestone in itself. Returning to a town with so many fond memories makes it even sweeter. For Ann Maree Azer, there’s an extra reason to celebrate – it also happens to be her birthday.
Ministerial media release
The Minns Labor Government’s partnership with SEEK Volunteer is connecting volunteers to their dream roles in record numbers, as part of the NSW Volunteer Recruitment Portal.
News
Mental health nurse Maria Stevenson, a proud Wiradjuri woman from Wagga Wagga, is a recent graduate of the NSW Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Cadetship.
Ministerial media release
The Northern Rivers is entering its most critical home rebuilding phase, as the NSW Government issues a region-wide call for licensed builders and trades to help homeowners upgrade, raise, rebuild or relocate homes impacted by the 2022 floods.
Grants and funding
Recent employment publications
Report
This report looks at volunteering in NSW and the value of volunteering to NSW.
Compliance, Strategy
This plan outlines a range of targets and strategies to support sustainable travel to and from the Randwick Hospitals Campus.
Guideline
Easy read guide that contains information about support services available for sexual harassment at work.
General
On 25 November 2024 the NSW Public Service Commissioner issued a Direction requiring all NSW Government Sector agencies to implement a workplace adjustments policy by 1 November 2025.
Compliance
Outlines minimum standards of ethical behaviour expected from NSW government sector employees.