Working
Women's
Centre Victoria
Working Women’s Centre Victoria
The Working Women’s Centre Victoria is a non-government consortium offering free, confidential advice, information, support, and representation to women who work in Victoria about their workplace rights.
All services offered by WWCVic are free and confidential.
Call us on 1800 WWC VIC (1800 992 842) Monday-Friday 9am-3pm.
Background
Working Women’s Centre Victoria is a consortium made up of four community legal centres: South-East Monash Legal Service, Women’s Legal Service Victoria, WEstjustice, and Northern Community Legal Centre.
Our centres came together to work in partnership to best meet the needs of working women across the state of Victoria. Each of us brings considerable expertise in providing legal assistance services, community development, law reform and advocacy, and a commitment to human rights and social justice.
Location and outreach
We have multiple physical locations in Victoria, and provide planned outreaches to regional, rural, and remote communities. You can get help in person or on the phone.
How we can help working women
We provide legal information, advice and representation, with lawyers and community workers help women facing legal problems at work.
This includes:
Advice and Information: Get help with workplace issues like sexual harassment and unfair dismissal.
Representation and Advocacy: We support and represent women in mediations, tribunals, and courts if they’ve faced workplace issues or sexual harassment.
Education and Training: We provide training for businesses and workers to promote awareness of rights and create safe, supportive workplaces.
Prevention and Law Reform: We collaborate with the national body and other women’s centres across Australia to promote gender equality and eliminate sexual harassment. We make submissions to inquiries and contribute to driving change in workplace laws and legal systems in Victoria.
Our specialist lawyers help women and gender diverse people with a variety of workplace-related matters including:
- Wage theft
- Discrimination
- Unfair dismissal
- Sham contracting
- Workplace entitlements
- Parental leave
- Family violence and work
- Sexual harassment
- Workplace bullying
Call us on 1800 WWC VIC (1800 992 842) Monday-Friday 9am-3pm.
WWCVic is a non-government centre made up of four independent Community Legal Centres.
WWCVic is funded by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.