Woolworths employee relations principles have been determined to promote and entrench fairness, equity and consistency from the start to the end of the employment relationship. Woolworths supports the rights of its employees to union representation but it prefers to engage in a direct relationship with its people.

Woolworths is committed to engaging with all employees in a formal and informal manner on a regular basis, ensuring that employees remain informed of key business issues and developments. The process of communication is reviewed regularly. 

Discrimination in the workplace and disciplinary procedures are covered by formal Woolworths policies and processes and widely communicated within the business.

The business documents and maintains detailed statistics, reflecting employee ratios in terms of role, gender and race as well as training and development statistics against these criteria.