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Is your current visa expiring in the next 28 days? Have you been exploited at work? Do you want to stay in Australia to take legal action against your employer?

This factsheet explains your rights and obligations in relation to making an unfair dismissal claim. It outlines who is eligible to apply, what counts as a dismissal, what makes a dismissal unfair, the strict 21-day time limit, the application process through the Fair Work Commission, and the possible remedies of compensation or reinstatement.

This factsheet explains your rights and obligations in relation to sham contracting arrangements.

This factsheet explains your rights and obligations in relation to General Protections claims involving dismissal.

This report analyses a decade of data on strip searches and drug dog use in New South Wales, obtained through parliamentary Questions on Notice after initial access was denied. Between 2014 and 2023, NSW Police conducted 82,471 strip searches. Illicit substances were found in only 13.5% of cases, meaning 86.5% of searches yielded no drugs. The report calls for changes based on these findings.

The Employment Rights Legal Service thanks the Modern Slavery Committee and the Parliament of New South Wales for the opportunity to provide a submission to the inquiry into modern slavery risks faced by temporary migrant workers in rural and regional New South Wales.

The Employment Rights Legal Service thanks the Review Panel and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for the opportunity to provide a submission on the review of the operation of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act’) and the amendments made by Part 16A of Schedule 1 of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 (‘the Review’).

ERLS strongly supports legislative reform to limit the use of non-compete and other restraint of trade clauses, particularly in relation to low- and middle-income workers. Our key reform priority is to ban non-compete clauses in employment contracts in Australia, at a minimum for low- and middle-income workers. We also recommend further reform to restrict other restraint of trade clauses (such as non-solicitation clauses) in employment contracts so that they only operate to the extent that they are reasonable and proportionate.

The Employment Rights Legal Service thanks the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for the opportunity to provide a submission to potential reforms addressing corporate misuse of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee.

This fact sheet contains information about your legal rights and obligations when riding an electric scooter in NSW.