Knowing your rights and obligations is important throughout your working life.
The Industrial Relations Act 1999 (PDF, 1.9 MB) sets out certain rights and obligations for employers and employees in relation to their contract of employment including minimum entitlements for all employees regardless of whether their work is or is not covered by an industrial award.
State or Federal system – which are you?
Which industrial relations laws cover you
Federal workplace laws - what it means for Queensland
Queensland's position, overview of WorkChoices laws, what it means for employees and employers, keeping Queensland strong
Child employment
Protecting school-aged and young children and limiting their hours of work.
General information
Your rights and obligations as an employer or employee, how to meet your obligations, failing to meet your obligations
Employment status
What is your employment category?
Entering the workforce
Starting a new job, recordkeeping, wages, superannuation, taxation
Work conditions/leave entitlements
Awards, industrial agreements, workplace agreements, work hours, type of leave, public holidays, discrimination
Termination and resignation from work
About termination, redundancy, reasons for dismissal, unfair dismissal, new owners, appeals process, resigning from work
All Queensland government employees should contact the human resource area in their department for further information on their conditions of service.
Last updated 2 October 2008
Have you been unfairly dismissed?
What are my minimum entitlements?
How do I negotiate a work agreement?
What sort of law and penalties apply to you?
For more information contact:
Queensland Government
Fair Go Queensland Advisory Service
1300 737 841 for information about the impact of new federal workplace laws
Wageline information service 1300 369 945 for awards, rates of pay, wages and conditions
Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC)
for independent conciliation and arbitration of industrial matters
Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland
for help about unfair treatment such as discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation
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