Our Vision

A smart, secure, fair and decent work environment.

Our Mission

Facilitate effective labour administration by maintaining industrial cooperation, ensuring compliance and enforcement, sustaining social dialogue, promoting equal employment opportunities and decent work.

Our Core Values

We uphold the Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and National Goals and Directive Principles while harnessing the following values.

Legal Mandate

The Department is mandated to administer labour, employment and industrial relations services throughout the country as specified under various key legislations such as the Employment Act 1978, the Industrial Relations Act 1962, the Industrial Organization Act 1963, and the Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare Act 1965. A complete list of labour legislations can be found in the Downloads section.