Industrial Relations Commission of NSW

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Procedures & legislation

Forms
Industrial Court Forms
Industrial Relations Commission Forms
IRC 1 - Application, general form
IRC 2x - Application - s.146B of the Industrial Relations Act 1996
IRC 3 - Summons to show cause
IRC 4 - Notification to Industrial Registrar of industrial dispute
IRC 4A - Notice of appeal - Public sector discipline
IRC 4B - Employer's response - Public sector discipline
IRC 4Ent - Application re Dispute arising pursuant to Section 20 of the Entertainment Industry Act 2013
IRC 5 - Particulars of small claim made during other proceedings
IRC 6 - Notification of intention to commence mutual gains bargaining
IRC 6A - Declaration that mutual gains bargaining is unresolved
IRC 7A - Unfair dismissal
IRC 7B - Employer's response to unfair dismissal
IRC 8 - Application for review/appeal under Police Act 1990
IRC 14A - Application in respect of an industrial instrument
IRC 15 - Notification of proposed enterprise agreement
IRC 19 - Application for relief from victimisation
IRC 24 - Agreement to be a member of a committee
IRC 27 - Form of application for leave
IRC 28 - Application for leave to appeal and appeal
IRC 29 - Appeal where leave not required
IRC 29A - Notice of contention
IRC 39 - Summons to confer (s.165(3)(a))
IRC 40 - Summons to give evidence
IRC 41 - Summons to produce
IRC 42 - Summons to produce and give evidence
IRC 43 - Affidavit
IRC 43A - Witness statement
IRC 46 - Notice to produce
IRC 47 - Notice to admit facts or authenticity of documents
IRC 48 - Notice disputing facts or authenticity of documents
IRC 49 - Certificate of result of conciliation conference
IRC 50 - Certificate of attempted conciliation
IRC 51 - Reference to Full Bench of the Industrial Relations Commission
IRC 52 - Reference by Industrial Registrar to President
IRC 53 - Reference of matter from Industrial Registrar to Commission)
IRC 58 - Delegation by Full Bench to single member
IRC 59 - Application for reinstatement of injured worker
IRC 61 - Notification of claim for compensation
IRC 62 - Answer to claim for compensation
Application for an authority to enter premises
Application for inclusion on register of award participants
Auditor's report
Certificate by accounting officer of a state organisation
Certificate by committee of management of a state organisation
Certificate by the secretary of a state industrial organisation
Financial accountability and reporting requirements
Part-time work agreement
Statement of particulars of loans, grants and donations by an officer of an organisation
Statutory declaration by the secretary for the issue of a Work Health & Safety Permit
Statutory declaration for lost permit
Statutory declaration the secretary of a state organisation
IRC 46A - Notice to produce for inspection
IRC 63A - Application for Stop Bullying Order
IRC 63B - Response - Stop Bullying Order
IRC 64A – Application for Sexual Harassment Order
IRC 64B - Response - Sexual Harassment Order
IRC 65 - Notification of WHS Dispute
UCPR Forms
General Forms
How to file online
Practice Notes
Fees
Acts and Regulations
Appeals
Delegation to the Industrial Registrar
Policies and Information

Announcements

Revised Practice Note 23A
Updated Practice Notes and Forms
Christmas Closure
Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2023
New Online Permit Application process now live on IRC website
Appeal Blocks for 2024
Weekend Email Issues for the Commission
Annual Report 2022
Summonses to Show Cause - Associations of employing contractors
Weekend Online Registry Outage
IRC Fee increase to be implemented
Listings before the Industrial Relations Commission during COVID-19
Listings during COVID-19
Archived news
2025
2024
2023
2022
2019
2018
2010
2008
2007
Annual Report 2019
Ordering Transcripts
New unfair dismissal forms
Industrial Registrar
Ceasing of subscription service
18/2/22 - Protocols update Industrial Relations Commission
Review of the Principles for Approval of Enterprise Agreements 2021-2022
24/02/22 - Industrial Relations Commission Protocols update
Filing Changes
Updated Practice Note No. 17A
New phone system at the IRC Registry
Updated Forms
Register to use the Commission’s online Unfair Dismissal Forms
Vale The Hon. Barrie Clive Hungerford QC (1937-2022)
Celebrate 120 years of the Industrial Relations Commission
Industrial Relations Commission Protocols update
Fee Increase 2022
Remuneration Increase 2022
Filing after hours
Commissioner Murphy retirement
New Commissioner appointment
Commissioner McDonald Ceremonial sitting
Commissioner O'Sullivan ceremonial sitting
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Appeal Blocks for 2023
National Day of Mourning
Online Transcripts
Introduction to the Commission Course: 16 and 30 November 2022
New form for Applications for Review/Appeal Under Police Act 1990 (Form 8)
Sessions: How to Register with IRC Online Registry and IRC Online Forms
UCPR Forms
Online case management services now available
New online forms: Notification of Industrial Dispute and Public Sector Disciplinary Appeal forms
New IRC Rules 2022 2 December 2022
Christmas Shutdown Period
New Guide to Summonses in the Industrial Relations Commission
New and Amended Approved Forms
Industrial Relations Commission Security Protocols Update
Online Filing Reminder and Update
Revision of Practice Note 10 - Notices of Motion
New Form to Notify Objections Pursuant to s 173
Usual Directions and Revision to Practice Note 32
Amended Forms
Permit Applications are moving online
Removal of Division 2B State instruments from Commission’s website
New Form-Notification of Intention to Commence Mutual Gains Bargaining
UPDATED PN 17A – new page limits on the length of the Employer’s Reply
Appointment of Judicial Members of the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW
New look Online Registry
The King's Birthday 2024 Honours List
File your Award Applications via email - trial
The Industrial Relations Court of NSW returns
Now available: New Rules, Practice Notes and Forms
Welcome ceremonial sitting livestream links
Registry information
Now available: New Practice Notes
Appeal Blocks for 2025
Vale former Commissioner John Stanton
Registry Update
New Practice Notes now available
Industrial Insights: Navigating the new legal landscape
COURT VACATION PERIOD 2024/2025
New Usual Directions
New forms now available in the Online Registry
Appointment of Acting Justices at the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales to sit in Newcastle
Appearing in the Commission – The Basics
Applying for Awards by Consent
New Online Registry forms
New online forms and weekly online filing support sessions for Court and Commission users.
Industrial Court transcripts now available to order online
New Commissioners appointed to the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW
Ceremony for new Commissioners
Remote access to hearings and live coverage of public interest cases
New policy for WHS Act Permits and Right of Entry Permits
Formal ceremony welcomes Commissioner McRobert to the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
Formal ceremony welcomes Commissioner Howell to the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
Fee changes implemented by Industrial Relations Commission and Industrial Court
How to register an online registry account for Legal Practitioners and Authorised Officers
Form now available for Applications for Leave to Issue a Summons
Amended Practice Notes
Applying for Awards and Enterprise Agreements by Consent
Amended Practice Notes - 14 August 2025
The Commission's Annual Report 2024 now available
Appointment of Geoff Bellew SC as Acting Justice of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
Commencement of Workplace Protections Act Amendments
The Commission’s new powers – Stop Bullying and Sexual Harassment Orders
Court Vacation Period 2025/2026
Have Your Say – Industrial Organisations Exemptions pursuant to s281 IR Act

Court lists

Attending the IRC

Ordering Copies of Enterprise and Contract Agreements
What is Conciliation?
Ordering a Transcript
Legal advice and representation
Glossary of Legal Terms
Commission etiquette
Security at the Commission
Hearings
Before the hearing
What happens at the hearing?
Decision
Ask to delay proceedings
Support Services
Court lists
Type of listings
Fees
Commission Guides
Preparing a witness statement
Discontinuance of a claim, dismissal and setting aside originating process
Service of documents
Evidence
Affidavits and Statutory Declarations
Affidavits
Statutory Declarations

Industrial instruments

Awards
Index to awards and contract determinations
0 to 9 Index of participants to awards, etc.:
F to M Index of participants to awards, etc.:
N to S Index of participants to awards, etc.:
C to E Index of participants to awards, etc.:
index-all Index of participants to awards, contract determinations and enterprise agreements - clause 44C
A to B Index of participants to awards, etc.:
T to Z Index of participants to awards, etc.:
Index to awards, etc.: A
Index to awards, etc.: B
NSW Award and Contract Determinations in force supplement
Index to awards, etc.: C
Index to awards, etc.: E
Index to awards, etc.:D
Index to awards, etc.: F
Index to awards, etc.: G
Index to awards, etc.: H
Index to awards, etc.: I
Index to awards, etc.: J
Index to awards, etc.: K
Index to awards, etc.: M
Index to awards, etc.: L
Index to awards, etc.: N
Index to awards, etc.: O
Index to awards, etc.: P
Index to awards, etc.: Q
Index to awards, etc.: R
Index to awards, etc.: T
Index to awards, etc.: S
Index to awards, etc.: U
Index to awards, etc.: 0 to 9
Index to enterprise agreements
Index to awards, etc.: V
Index to awards, etc.: W
Index to contract determinations
Contract Determinations
Enterprise and Contract Agreements
Index of Registered Enterprise and Contract Agreements - IRAct 1996
2015+ ​NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2015+
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2014
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2013
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2012
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2011
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2010
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2009
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2008
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2007
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2006
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2005
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2004
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2003
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2002
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2000
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 1999
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 1998
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 1997
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 1996
Do not use - ​NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2015+
NSW Enterprise and Contract Agreements registered in 2001
Industrial Organisations
NSW Industrial Gazette

Major cases & decisions

State Wage Case 2024
Summons
Submissions
Transcripts
Decisions
State Wage Case 2025
Summons
Submissions
Decisions
Evidence
Superannuation Case 2025
Summons
Submissions
Transcripts
Decisions
Award Review Principles 2025
Submissions
Summons
Transcripts
Decisions

About us

Contact us
Registry
Filing documents
Summons
Permits
Judicial Officers
Commissioners
Industrial Registrar
Media
Industrial instruments
Industrial Relations Commission or Fair Work Commission?
Members of the Commission
The Hon. Justice Ingmar Taylor
The Hon. Justice David Chin
The Hon. Justice Jane Paingakulam
The Hon. Acting Justice Monika Schmidt AM
The Hon. Acting Justice RA Hulme
The Hon. Acting Justice Peter Kite
The Hon. Acting Justice Geoffrey Bellew
Senior Commissioner Nichola Constant
Commissioner Janine Webster
Commissioner Christopher Muir
Commissioner Daniel O'Sullivan
Commissioner Janet McDonald
Commissioner Anthony Howell
Commissioner Alison McRobert
Our commitment
Our history
Seminars at the Commission
Speeches
Publications
Annual Reports
Reports to the Minister
Pay equity inquiry
News & Announcements
Purpose and functions
Industrial Relations Commission
Industrial Registry

My legal problem is

Unfair dismissal
Industrial disputes
Awards and Enterprise agreements
Contract determinations, contract agreements and industrial dispute resolution
Contract determinations
Contract agreements
Industrial dispute resolution
Public sector disciplinary appeals
Online application for authority to enter premises and WHS permits and register
Police Appeals
Misconduct or unsatisfactory performance
Review of a removal order
Hurt on duty leave appeal
Victimisation
Reinstatement of injured workers
External reviews under the Work and Health and Safety Act
Industrial Committees
List of Industrial Committees
Part-time work agreements
Special wage permits
Outworkers in clothing trades
Entertainment Industry disputes
Enforcement of an Undertaking
Appeals
WHS Changes: Workplace Protections Amendment Act
Mutual Gains Bargaining
Work Health & Safety Disputes
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Workplace Bullying
Breach of industrial instruments
Work Health & Safety Disputes
Unfair contracts

IRC Permits

Claims and applications

Unfair dismissal
Appeals
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Help

People with disabilities
What is Conciliation?

Industrial Organisations

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