INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 19 Review of awards

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 19

19 Review of awards

(1) The Commission is required to review each award before September 2001 and subsequently at least once in every 3 years.

(2) The purpose of a review is to modernise awards, to consolidate awards relating to the same industry and to rescind obsolete awards.

(3) The Commission must take account of the following matters in the review of awards--

(a) any decision of the Commission under Part 3 or any other test case decision of the Commission,

(b) rates of remuneration and other minimum conditions of employment,

(c) part-time work, casual work and job-sharing arrangements,

(d) dispute resolution procedures,

(e) any issue of discrimination under the awards, including pay equity,

(f) any obsolete provisions or unnecessary technicalities in the awards and the ease of understanding of the awards,

(g) any other matter relating to the objects of the Act that the Commission determines.

(4) The Commission must also take account of the effect of the awards on productivity and efficiency in the industry concerned.

(5) During a review of awards, relevant industrial organisations and any other parties to the awards may make submissions on any of the matters being reviewed.

(6) The Commission is to make such changes to awards as it considers necessary as a result of a review.

Note : In addition to submissions of relevant industrial organisations, the Minister, the President of the Anti-Discrimination Board and State peak councils may make submissions in pursuance of their general right of intervention in Commission proceedings under section 167.