WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 66 Performance of duties on part-time basis

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 66

             (1)  A member of the Commission may, with the consent of the President, perform his or her duties on a part‑time basis.

             (2)  If the President consents to a member performing his or her duties on a part‑time basis, the President and the member are to enter into an agreement specifying the proportion of full‑time duties to be worked by the member from and including a specified date.

             (3)  The proportion may be varied by an agreement entered into between the President and the member.

             (4)  The proportion in force in relation to a particular period is in this section called the agreed proportion .

             (5)  If the President consents to a member performing his or her duties on a part‑time basis, the member is to be paid:

                     (a)  salary at an annual rate equal to the agreed proportion of the annual rate of salary that would be payable to the member if the member were performing his or her duties on a full‑time basis instead of on a part‑time basis; and

                     (b)  such travelling allowances as are determined from time to time by the Remuneration Tribunal for travel within Australia; and

                     (c)  such other allowances as are prescribed by the regulations.

             (6)  If the annual rate of salary of a member mentioned in subsection (5) is not an amount of whole dollars, it is to be rounded to the nearest dollar (with 50 cents being rounded up).

             (7)  If, assuming that a member or former member mentioned in subsection (5) had performed his or her duties on a full‑time basis instead of on a part‑time basis, the member or former member would be entitled to a payment under subsection 79(9), (10) or (11) or 81(3), the member or former member is to be paid an amount equal to the agreed proportion of that payment.

             (8)  If there are different agreed proportions applicable to different periods, paragraph (5)(a) and subsection (7) apply separately to each of those periods.

             (9)  In this section:

"member of the Commission" does not include:

                     (a)  the President; or

                     (b)  a person who also holds office as a member of a prescribed State industrial authority.