Evaluation of Employment Rights Legal Service (ERLS)

Since its inception in 2021, the Employment Rights Legal Service (ERLS) has supported thousands of workers who have been targeted for exploitation.

Inner City Legal Centre, Redfern Legal Centre, and Kingsford Legal Centre at UNSW have worked collaboratively and innovatively to deliver these vital services—supporting, empowering, and advocating for exploited workers across New South Wales.

This report outlines the achievements of the partnership between the three community legal centres and marks the release of an independent review of ERLS’s four-year impact.

ERLS plays a crucial role—not only by helping individual workers assert their rights, but also through its broader educational work with marginalised communities, and its efforts to hold employers accountable.

When marginalised workers, including migrant and First Nations workers, are empowered to stand up for their rights, our communities become stronger and conditions improve for all workers.