Join us

Becoming a member of the Society entitles you to complimentary or discounted attendance to various events that are held throughout the year.   The events that the Society typically holds each year are:

• Twilight Seminars – held three or four times per year with expert guests speaking on topics of interest to members.  Recent topics have included; “Women In Sport”, “Investigation of Workplace Misconduct”, “Update on Supply Chain Liability”, “Getting your Agreement Approved by the Commission”
• Networking events – including an annual ‘Meet the Members’ function held at the Fair Work Commission
• Patron’s Lunch – where our Patron, the Hon Lance Wright interviews an luminary in the field over lunch and drinks
• Practitioner Development Day - a day to sharpen your skills and hear from a variety of practitioners about recent cases and approaches to managing matters across the field of industrial relations
• One Day Workshops – these special education events are often held in conjunction with, and presented by members of, the Fair Work Commission.  Recent workshops have included “Enterprise Bargaining” and “How to Prevent and Resolve Workplace Bullying”
• Advocacy in Industrial Relations Commission course – members receive a discount on this event organised by the UTS Business School
• Annual Conference – our major event is the conference held in May.  The conference is always popular and gives our members a chance to meet with one another to exchange ideas whilst hearing from a wide variety of guest speakers.

Along with invitations to our events, membership also entitles you to receive the Journal of Industrial Relations.  This Journal is published 5 times a year and contains a wide variety of articles on many aspects of Industrial Relations. Online access to the Journal (all current articles and archived articles back to 1959) is available in the member only area of this site. 

Industrial Relations practitioners from both the public and private sector together with employee and union representatives have all found considerable benefit from their association with irsnsw - read their stories here.

How to Join

Membership is open to both individuals and organisations. Discounted rates apply for full time students.

Simply complete the online form below and follow the prompts.

NOTES:
Membership runs for a financial year (1st July – 30th June). However, Ordinary members can pay half price for any membership taken out from January through to June in any year, otherwise all other memberships must pay full year regardless of date of joining.

The application process is not complete until we have received full payment of your fees.

Individual membership entitles you to discounted rates for all the Society's activities. It also includes a subscription to the Journal of Industrial Relations (JIR) which is produced 5 times per financial year, and other publications produced from time to time.

Corporate membership options are as follow:

• Each corporate member is to nominate how many individual employees they wish to be covered by their membership (which must be at least three);
• Corporate membership cost the equivalent of an annual individual membership multiplied by the number of employees nominated with a 30% discount applied;
• Corporate members need to name those employees who are covered by their membership together with appropriate contact details;
• The name of employees covered by corporate membership can be changed during the course of a year (as long as appropriate contact details are provided);
• Named employees get all the benefits of membership with the exception that only one receives a hard copy of the JIR (they must nominate who is to receive this copy) with other named employees only to receive an electronic copy.