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NSW Industrial Relations: Modern-Day Regulation
Author: Toni Minovski Toni Minovski has 20- plus years of experience working at NSW Industrial Relations (NSW IR). With a industrial relations and compliance, Toni plays a crucial role in ensuring that the regulator works hard to ensure employers stay in line with the NSW Long Service Leave Act 1955. strong background in communications, As the Stakeholder Engagement Manager at NSW Industrial Relations, Toni is a trusted expert in the field of industrial relations and compliance, having presented to thousands of employers, employees and payroll specialists.
At NSW Industrial Relations (NSW IR) Inspectorate we understand building a strong compliance culture requires both education and enforcement. The Inspectorate has diverse responsibilities across local government, the public sector and the construction industry but a key area of focus for us is regulating long service leave across the private and public sectors of NSW as per the Long Service Leave Act 1955.
What is Long Service Leave? Long service leave is a unique entitlement that provides for paid leave where an employee has achieved a certain number of years of continuous service with an employer. Historically this legislation
was brought in to provide expatriated migrants the opportunity to return to their homeland during their long service leave. In 1955, geographically, that may have taken a couple of months to do, which is why the original entitlement in NSW is 2 months of leave for 10 years of service.
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