# LinkedIn Post 10 — The NSW Compliance Unit
**Campaign:** Thought Leadership / Timely | **Tier:** 🟡 Yellow | **Platform:** LinkedIn
**Audience:** Contractors, builders, subbies | **Status:** DRAFT — needs Michael's review
**Source intel:** Radar — NSW Construction Compliance Unit launching 1 March 2026
**Created by:** Herald | **Date:** 2026-02-20

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## Post (172 words)

NSW just announced a Construction Compliance Unit. Launching March 1.

Subcontractor audits. Wages checks. Super compliance. The government's coming to your sites.

If you're hiring through an agency, here's the question:

Do you know what the worker's actually getting paid?

You pay the agency $65/hr. The worker gets $40. Maybe. You've never seen the receipt. You don't know if their super's being paid. You don't know if they're on the books or on a wing and a prayer.

And when the compliance unit shows up on your site? "I used an agency" isn't going to cut it.

On RateRight, you hire the worker directly. You see the rate. They see the rate. Same number. $50 flat to make the connection. After that, they're your worker. Your books. Your responsibility — and you actually know what's going on.

Transparency isn't a selling point anymore. It's about to be the law.

#nswconstruction #compliance #subcontractor #constructionaustralia #rateright

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## Edit Notes

**Why this works now:**
- NSW Compliance Unit is real news (launches March 1). Timely = algorithm boost + credibility
- Reframes compliance from threat to advantage — contractors using agencies have a blind spot
- Connects our transparency model to a regulatory moment without being preachy
- The "receipt" thread continues — "you've never seen the receipt" echoes Post 01

**Michael Test:** Would he say this on site? Absolutely. Every supervisor worries about compliance audits. The agency opacity point is something he's lived — you genuinely don't know what the worker's getting. "Wing and a prayer" is his register. ✅ Passes.

**Tier rationale:** 🟡 Yellow because it references specific legislation/regulation. Michael should confirm he's comfortable positioning RateRight against compliance risk before this goes out.

**Timing:** Ideally publish last week of February or first week of March — while the compliance unit launch is news. Shelf life is ~2 weeks before it becomes old news.

**Visual:** No image needed. Text carries the post. Optional: screenshot of a news headline about the compliance unit as social proof.

**Hashtags:** 5 max. #nswconstruction and #compliance are timely. #subcontractor targets the audience most worried about audits.