# Minister for Work Health and Safety

The Minister for Work Health and Safety is a minister in the New South Wales Government concerned with workplace conditions, particularly safety.
It is a separate portfolio from Industrial Relations but both are currently held by The Hon. Sophie Cotsis MP.

## List of ministers

| Ministerial title | Minister | Party | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
| Minister for the Gig Economy | Daniel Mookhey | | Labor | Minns | 28 March 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 8 days | |
| Minister for Work Health and Safety | Sophie Cotsis | | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 221 days | |

## Related ministerial titles
### Industrial Relations

| Minister | Party | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| Jacob Garrard | Free Trade | Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Labour and Industry | 11 March 1895 | 15 August 1898 | 3 years, 157 days |
| James Hogue | Free Trade | Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Labour and Industry | 27 August 1898 | 13 September 1899 | 1 year, 17 days |
| John Perry | Protectionist | Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Labour and Industry | 14 September 1899 | 27 March 1901 | 4 years, 274 days |
| John Perry | Progressive | Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Labour and Industry | 28 March 1901 | 14 June 1904 | 4 years, 274 days |
| John Fegan | Progressive | Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Labour and Industry | 17 June 1904 | 29 August 1904 | 73 days |
| Broughton O'Conor | Liberal Reform | Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Labour and Industry | 29 August 1904 | 13 May 1907 | 2 years, 257 days |
| James Hogue | Liberal Reform | Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Labour and Industry | 14 May 1907 | 1 October 1907 | 140 days |
| William Wood | Liberal Reform | Minister for Labour and Industry | 2 October 1907 | 21 January 1908 | 111 days |
| James Hogue | Liberal Reform | Minister for Labour and Industry | 22 January 1908 | 20 October 1910 | 2 years, 271 days |
| George Beeby | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 21 October 1910 | 10 September 1911 | 324 days |
| Campbell Carmichael | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 11 September 1911 | 26 November 1911 | 76 days |
| George Beeby | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 27 November 1911 | 9 December 1912 | 1 year, 12 days |
| Campbell Carmichael | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 10 December 1912 | 29 June 1913 | 201 days |
| James McGowen | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 30 June 1913 | 29 January 1914 | 213 days |
| John Estell | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 29 January 1914 | 31 October 1916 | 2 years, 276 days |
| Henry Hoyle | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 31 October 1916 | 15 November 1916 | 15 days |
| George Beeby | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry | 15 November 1916 | 23 July 1919 | 2 years, 250 days |
| Augustus James | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry | 23 July 1919 | 12 April 1920 | 264 days |
| George Cann | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 12 April 1920 | 10 October 1921 | 1 year, 181 days |
| Greg McGirr | Labor | Minister for Labour | 10 October 1921 | 20 December 1921 | 71 days |
| Thomas Ley | Nationalist | Minister of Public Instruction and Labour and Industry | 20 December 1921 | 20 December 1921 | 7 hours |
| Edward Kavanagh | Labor | Minister for Labour | 20 December 1921 | 13 April 1922 | 114 days |
| Ernest Farrar | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry | 13 April 1922 | 17 June 1925 | 3 years, 65 days |
| Jack Baddeley | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 17 June 1925 | 18 October 1927 | 2 years, 123 days |
| Ernest Farrar | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry | 18 October 1927 | 3 November 1930 | 3 years, 16 days |
| Jack Baddeley | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 4 November 1930 | 15 October 1931 | 345 days |
| Jack Baddeley | Labor (NSW) | Minister for Labour and Industry | 15 October 1931 | 13 May 1932 | 211 days |
| John Dunningham | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry | 16 May 1932 | 26 May 1938 | 6 years, 10 days |
| Alexander Mair | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry | 1 June 1938 | 13 October 1938 | 134 days |
| Herbert Hawkins | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry | 13 October 1938 | 16 June 1939 | 246 days |
| Athol Richardson | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry | 26 June 1939 | 5 August 1939 | 51 days |
| Athol Richardson | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services | 5 August 1939 | 16 August 1939 | 51 days |
| George Gollan | Nationalist | Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services | 16 August 1939 | 16 May 1941 | 1 year, 273 days |
| Hamilton Knight | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services | 16 May 1941 | 6 February 1947 | 5 years, 266 days |
| Hamilton Knight | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare | 6 February 1947 | 29 October 1947 | 5 years, 266 days |
| Jack Baddeley | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare | 29 October 1947 | 9 March 1948 | 132 days |
| Frank Finnan | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare | 9 March 1948 | 30 June 1950 | 4 years, 351 days |
| Frank Finnan | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 30 June 1950 | 23 February 1953 | 4 years, 351 days |
| Abe Landa | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 23 February 1953 | 15 March 1956 | 3 years, 21 days |
| Jim Maloney | Labor | Minister for Labour and Industry | 15 March 1956 | 13 May 1965 | 9 years, 59 days |
| Eric Willis | Liberal | Minister for Labour and Industry | 13 May 1965 | 11 March 1971 | 5 years, 302 days |
| Frederick Hewitt | Liberal | Minister for Labour and Industry | 11 March 1971 | 14 May 1976 | 5 years, 64 days |
| Paul Landa | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 14 May 1976 | 9 August 1976 | 87 days |
| Pat Hills | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 9 August 1976 | 4 July 1986 | 11 years, 225 days |
| Pat Hills | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Employment | 4 July 1986 | 21 March 1988 | 11 years, 225 days |
| John Fahey | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment | 25 March 1988 | 24 July 1990 | 4 years, 100 days |
| John Fahey | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment | 24 July 1990 | 3 July 1992 | 4 years, 100 days |
| John Hannaford | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Relations | 3 July 1992 | 26 May 1993 | 327 days |
| Kerry Chikarovski | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 313 days |
| Jeff Shaw | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 4 April 1995 | 28 June 2000 | 6 years, 85 days |
| John Della Bosca | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 28 June 2000 | 13 June 2008 | 7 years, 351 days |
| Eric Roozendaal | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 13 June 2008 | 8 September 2008 | 87 days |
| Tony Kelly | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 8 September 2008 | 11 September 2008 | 2 days |
| John Hatzistergos | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 11 September 2008 | 8 December 2009 | 1 year, 88 days |
| John Robertson | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 8 December 2009 | 21 May 2010 | 164 days |
| Paul Lynch | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 21 May 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 311 days |
| Mike Baird | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Relations | 12 September 2012 | 17 April 2014 | 1 year, 217 days |
| Mike Gallacher | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Relations | 23 April 2014 | 7 May 2014 | 14 days |
| Andrew Constance | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Relations | 7 May 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 330 days |
| Gladys Berejiklian | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Relations | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days |
| Dominic Perrottet | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Relations | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days |
| Don Harwin | Liberal | Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts | 2 April 2019 | 15 April 2020 | 1 year, 13 days |
| Gladys Berejiklian (acting) | Liberal | Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts | 15 April 2020 | 3 July 2020 | 79 days |
| Don Harwin | Liberal | Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts | 3 July 2020 | 21 December 2021 | 1 year, 171 days |
| Damien Tudehope | Liberal | Minister for Employee Relations | 21 December 2021 | 23 February 2023 | 1 year, 64 days |
| Dominic Perrottet | Liberal | Minister for Employee Relations | 23 February 2023 | 28 March 2023 | 33 days |
| Daniel Mookhey | Labor | Minister for the Gig Economy | 28 March 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 8 days |
| Sophie Cotsis | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 221 days |