Objectives

• The objectives of the program are:
  • to promote harmonious, productive and compliant workplaces by fostering sustainable partnerships across the spectrum of workplace participants and cooperative engagement with the FWO
  • to assist initial development of innovative multi-stakeholder mechanisms that will create systemic and long-lasting change
  • to facilitate the provision of assistance to workers and employers covered by the federal workplace relations system.

Funding Information

• Total Amount Available (AUD): $7,200,000.00

Duration

• Your application must be for project activities that are undertaken within the four-year period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2029, and you must complete your project by 30 June 2029.

Outcomes

• The intended outcomes of the program are:
  • to embed cooperative practices to monitor compliance and prevent non-compliance with Commonwealth workplace laws
  • to build capacity of multi-stakeholder mechanisms to deliver meaningful, long-term improvements to workplace practices and relationships
  • to prevent non-compliance with Commonwealth workplace laws, create systemic change and/or address drivers of non-compliance.

Eligibility Criteria

• The 2025-29 grant opportunity is only open to organisations that will join together as a group to deliver a collaborative project involving eligible grant activities
• To be eligible, you (the lead organisation) must:
  • have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
  • unless you are GST exempt, be registered for the purposes of GST
  • be located in Australia
  • have an account with an Australian financial institution
  • be a legal entity with the capacity to enter into a legally binding agreement or contract
  • be one of the following kinds of entities:
    • a charity registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
    • a non-charitable not-for-profit
    • an industrial association
    • a peak council.

For more information, visit Australian Government.