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Creative Workplaces Foundations

Fair, safe and respectful creative work — a practical framework for creative businesses and organisations

The essentials

Essentials for engaging First Nations artists and arts workers

Respectful engagement with First Nations artists and arts workers strengthens fair, safe and respectful workplaces across the creative industries.

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Respect and inclusion essentials

A respectful and inclusive workplace is one where everyone feels they belong, are safe and that their contributions are valued.

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Safety essentials

Your business or organisation is responsible for the safety of its workers. This means taking actions to preventing harm from happening in the first place.

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Essential: Know your workplace laws

Knowing the laws that apply to your work arrangements supports you to create a fair, lawful and sustainable workplace.

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Essentials for employment relationships

When employment relationships are clear and lawful, employees are more likely to understand their rights, receive their correct entitlements and participate meaningfully in their work. Getting your obligations right supports a fair, safe and sustainable creative workplace.

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Essentials for hiring independent contractors

Clear agreements with independent contractors help reduce misunderstandings, manage risk and support fair, respectful and sustainable working relationships.

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Record keeping essentials

Keeping records is not just good business practice — some records are required by law.

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

Art by Jordan Lovegrove