WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 696 Where dispute cannot be resolved at workplace level
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 696
Where dispute cannot be resolved at workplace levelAlternative dispute resolution process using an agreed provider
(1) If a matter in dispute cannot be resolved at the workplace level, a party to the dispute may elect to use an alternative dispute resolution process in an attempt to resolve the matter.
(2) The alternative dispute resolution process is to be conducted by a person agreed between the parties in dispute on the matter.
Where parties cannot agree on a provider
(3) If the parties cannot reach agreement on who is to conduct the alternative dispute resolution process, a party to the dispute on the matter may notify the Industrial Registrar of that fact.
(4) On receiving notification under subsection (3), the Industrial Registrar must provide the parties with the prescribed information.
(5) If the parties cannot agree on who is to conduct the alternative dispute resolution process within the consideration period, a party to the dispute on the matter may apply to the Commission to have the alternative dispute resolution process conducted by the Commission.
(6) If an alternative dispute resolution process is used to resolve a dispute on a matter, the parties to the dispute must genuinely attempt to resolve the dispute using that process.
(7) In this section:
"consideration period" is a period beginning on the last day on which the Industrial Registrar gives the prescribed information to a party to the dispute on the matter and ending 14 days later.