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Queensland
WORKPLACE RELATIONS
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
Queensland
WORKPLACE RELATIONS
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Acts amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 3 (Principal object of this Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 30 (Effect of a certified agreement in relation to
awards and other agreements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Omission of ch 2, pt 2 (Queensland workplace agreements) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Amendment of s 115 (Definitions for pt 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7 Amendment of s 116 (When does an agreement pass the
no-disadvantage test) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 117 (Special case--employee eligible for
supported wage system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 118 (Special case--employee undertaking
approved traineeship) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 119 (Special case--employee undertaking
approved apprenticeship) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
11 Omission of s 121 (Determination of designated awards for QWA) . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 127 (Making, amending and repealing awards) . . . . . . . . 7
13 Amendment of s 128 (Allowable award matters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14 Amendment of s 129 (Limitation on commission's powers for awards) . . . 8
15 Omission of ss 130 and 131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
16 Amendment of s 132 (General rulings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
17 Amendment of s 133 (Inclusion of enterprise flexibility provisions
in awards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
18 Amendment of s 190 (Definitions for pt 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
19 Amendment of s 192 (Approval of long service leave conditions) . . . . . . . 9
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20 Amendment of s 201 (Taking long service leave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
21 Amendment of s 287 (Commission's functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
22 Amendment of s 300 (Statement of policy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
23 Amendment of s 372 (Functions and powers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
24 Amendment of s 373 (Delegation by employment advocate) . . . . . . . . . . . 10
25 Amendment of s 485 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
26 Replacement of ch hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
27 Omission of ch 16, pts 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
28 Omission of s 509 (Section 55(4) awards and exceptional matters
orders prevail over pre and post commencement certified agreements) . . . 11
29 Replacement of s 512 (EFA displaced by certain awards or orders) . . . . . 12
512 EFA displaced by certain awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
30 Insertion of new ch 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CHAPTER 17--SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
FOR WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT ACT 1998
517 Existing QWAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
518 Transitional provisions for employment advocate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
519 Compensation to new employee for shortfall in entitlements . . . . . 14
520 Preservation of certain general conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
31 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
AMENDMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (PROTECTION
FROM INVALIDITIES) ACT 1991
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Workplace Relations Act 1997 and the Industrial
Relations (Protection from Invalidities) Act 1991
s1 4 s6
Workplace Relations Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Workplace Relations Amendment Act 3
1998. 4
amended 5
Acts
Clause 2.(1) This Act, other than the schedule, amends the Workplace Relations 6
Act 1997. 7
(2) The schedule amends the Industrial Relations (Protection from 8
Invalidities) Act 1991. 9
of s 3 (Principal object of this Act) 10
Amendment
Clause 3. Section 3(f)(ii), `and individual'-- 11
omit. 12
of s 30 (Effect of a certified agreement in relation to 13
Amendment
awards and other agreements) 14
Clause 4. Section 30(2)-- 15
omit. 16
of ch 2, pt 2 (Queensland workplace agreements) 17
Omission
Clause 5. Chapter 2, part 2-- 18
omit. 19
of s 115 (Definitions for pt 3) 20
Amendment
Clause 6.(1) Section 115, definitions "agreement", "award", "designated 21
award" and "initial day"-- 22
s7 5 s7
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omit. 1
(2) Section 115-- 2
insert-- 3
` "award" includes an award under the Commonwealth Act, part VIE. 4
"designated award", in relation to a person to whom a certified agreement 5
will apply, means an award that the commission under section 1201 6
has decided is appropriate for deciding whether the agreement passes 7
the no-disadvantage test. 8
"initial day", for a certified agreement, means the day on which the 9
agreement was certified.'. 10
(3) Section 115, definition "relevant award", `an agreement'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`a certified agreement'. 13
of s 116 (When does an agreement pass the 14
Amendment
no-disadvantage test) 15
Clause 7.(1) Section 116, heading, `an'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`a certified'. 18
(2) Section 116(1), `An'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`A certified'. 21
(3) Section 116(2)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(2) Subject to sections 117 to 119,2 a certified agreement disadvantages 24
employees in relation to their employment conditions only if its certification 25
1 Section 120 (Determination of designated awards for certified agreement)
2 Sections 117 (Special case--employee eligible for supported wage system),
118 (Special case--employee undertaking approved traineeship) and
119 (Special case--employee undertaking approved apprenticeship)
s8 6 s 10
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would result, on balance, in a reduction in the employees' overall 1
employment conditions-- 2
(a) under a relevant award or designated award; and 3
(b) under any law of the Commonwealth or a State that a 4
commissioner considers relevant.'. 5
(4) Section 116(3)-- 6
omit. 7
of s 117 (Special case--employee eligible for supported 8
Amendment
wage system) 9
Clause 8.(1) Section 117(1), `if an'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`if a certified'. 12
(2) Section 117(2), `approval or'-- 13
omit. 14
of s 118 (Special case--employee undertaking approved 15
Amendment
traineeship) 16
Clause 9.(1) Section 118(1), `if an'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`if a certified'. 19
(2) Section 118(2), `approval or'-- 20
omit. 21
of s 119 (Special case--employee undertaking approved 22
Amendment
apprenticeship) 23
Clause 10.(1) Section 119(1)(a), `an agreement'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`a certified agreement'. 26
s 11 7 s 13
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(2) Section 119(2), `approval or'-- 1
omit. 2
of s 121 (Determination of designated awards for QWA) 3
Omission
Clause 11. Section 121-- 4
omit. 5
of s 127 (Making, amending and repealing awards) 6
Amendment
Clause 12.(1) Section 127(2)-- 7
omit. 8
(2) Section 127(3)-- 9
renumber as section 127(2). 10
(3) Section 127(4)(a), `or QWA'-- 11
omit. 12
(4) Section 127(4)(b), `either of the agreements'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`a certified agreement'. 15
of s 128 (Allowable award matters) 16
Amendment
Clause 13.(1) Section 128, heading-- 17
omit. 18
(2) Section 128(1)-- 19
omit. 20
(3) Section 128(2), `for an allowable award matter'-- 21
omit. 22
(4) Section 128(2)-- 23
relocate and renumber as section 127(3). 24
s 14 8 s 17
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(5) Section 128(3) to (5)-- 1
omit. 2
of s 129 (Limitation on commission's powers for awards) 3
Amendment
Clause 14.(1) Section 129(1)-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Section 129(2), `in relation to matters covered by 6
section 128(1)(r)'-- 7
omit. 8
(3) Section 129(3), `Subsection (2)(b)'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Subsection (1)(b)'. 11
(4) Section 129(2) to (8)-- 12
renumber as section 129(1) to (7). 13
of ss 130 and 131 14
Omission
Clause 15. Sections 130 and 131-- 15
omit. 16
of s 132 (General rulings) 17
Amendment
Clause 16. Section 132(1), `allowable award'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`industrial'. 20
of s 133 (Inclusion of enterprise flexibility provisions in 21
Amendment
awards) 22
Clause 17. Section 133(3), from `amendment--'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
s 18 9 s 20
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`amendment, if it included an amendment to wage rates specified in the 1
award, would provide for minimum wage rates consistent with sections 2
122 and 123.3'. 3
of s 190 (Definitions for pt 4) 4
Amendment
Clause 18. Section 190, definition "industrial authority"-- 5
omit. 6
of s 192 (Approval of long service leave conditions) 7
Amendment
Clause 19.(1) Section 192(2), `An industrial authority'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`The commission'. 10
(2) Section 192(2), `or QWA'-- 11
omit. 12
(3) Section 192(2), `the industrial authority'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`the commission'. 15
(4) Section 192(3), `industrial authority'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`commission'. 18
of s 201 (Taking long service leave) 19
Amendment
Clause 20.(1) Section 201(1), `an industrial authority'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`the commission'. 22
(2) Section 201(1), `the industrial authority'-- 23
3 Sections 122 (Objects of ch 3) and 123 (Performance of commission's functions
under this chapter)
s 21 10 s 24
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omit, insert-- 1
`the commission'. 2
of s 287 (Commission's functions) 3
Amendment
Clause 21.(1) Section 287(a)(ii), `based on allowable award matters'-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Section 287(f), `on allowable award matters'-- 6
omit. 7
of s 300 (Statement of policy) 8
Amendment
Clause 22. Section 300(2), `about an allowable award matter'-- 9
omit. 10
of s 372 (Functions and powers) 11
Amendment
Clause 23.(1) Section 372(1)(c), (d) and (f)-- 12
omit. 13
(2) Section 372(1)(e) and (g)-- 14
renumber as section 372(1)(c) and (d). 15
(3) Section 372(2)(c)-- 16
omit. 17
of s 373 (Delegation by employment advocate) 18
Amendment
Clause 24.(1) Section 373(a), `to (c), (f) or (g)'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`, (b) or (d)'. 21
(2) Section 373(b), `to (c)'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`or (b)'. 24
s 25 11 s 28
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(3) Section 373(c), `(d) or (e)'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(c)'. 3
of s 485 (Regulation-making power) 4
Amendment
Clause 25.(1) Section 485(2)(a) to (e)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(a) requiring an employer who is a party to a certified agreement to 7
supply information for statistical purposes; and'. 8
(2) Section 485(2)(f) and (g)-- 9
renumber as section 485(2)(b) and (c). 10
of ch hdg 11
Replacement
Clause 26. Chapter 16, heading-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`CHAPTER 16--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR 14
ACT 1997 NO. 1'. 15
of ch 16, pts 1 and 2 16
Omission
Clause 27. Chapter 16, parts 1 and 2-- 17
omit. 18
of s 509 (Section 55(4) awards and exceptional matters 19
Omission
orders prevail over pre and post commencement certified agreements) 20
Clause 28. Section 509-- 21
omit. 22
s 29 12 s 30
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of s 512 (EFA displaced by certain awards or orders) 1
Replacement
Clause 29. Section 512-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
displaced by certain awards 4
`EFA
`512. An award made under section 55(4)4 prevails over an EFA to the 5
extent of any inconsistency.'. 6
of new ch 17 7
Insertion
Clause 30. After chapter 16-- 8
insert-- 9
HAPTER 17--SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL 10
`C
PROVISIONS FOR WORKPLACE RELATIONS 11
AMENDMENT ACT 1998 12
xisting QWAs 13
`E
`517.(1) A QWA that has been approved, and was operating 14
immediately before the commencement of this section, continues to have 15
effect after the commencement until 31 December 1998, unless terminated 16
before that day. 17
`(2) Any other QWA ceases to have effect on the commencement of this 18
section. 19
`(3) The following sections, as in force immediately before the 20
commencement of this section, continue to apply, despite the repeal, in 21
relation to a QWA until 31 December 1999-- 22
(a) sections 96, 97(1), 98 and 113; 23
4 Section 55 (What happens if commission terminates a bargaining period under
s 54(3) or (7))
s 30 13 s 30
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(b) sections 115 to 119 and 121.5 1
`(4) Despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954,6 section 20, an action under 2
the repealed section 97(1), or under section 97(1) as continued by 3
subsection (3), must be brought before 1 January 2000. 4
`(5) Without limiting subsection (6), the remaining provisions of the 5
repealed chapter 2, part 2, other than-- 6
(a) those relating to the making, amendment or extension of a QWA; 7
or 8
(b) those relating to the approval of a QWA, amendment agreement 9
or extension agreement; or 10
(c) section 110; 11
continue to apply, despite the repeal, in relation to a QWA until 12
31 December 1998. 13
`(6) A repealed definition for chapter 2, part 27 continues to apply for this 14
section until 31 December 1999. 15
provisions for employment advocate 16
`Transitional
`518.(1) This section applies to the functions mentioned in section 17
372(1)(c), (d) and (f) as in force immediately before the commencement of 18
this section. 19
`(2) After the commencement, the employment advocate has and may 20
continue to perform the functions until 31 December 1999. 21
`(3) A delegation by the employment advocate that is in force 22
immediately before the commencement continues in force after the 23
5 Sections 96 (Penalties for contravening this part), 97 (Damages for
contravention of QWA), 98 (Compensation to new employee for shortfall in
entitlements), 113 (Evidence), 115 (Definitions in pt 3), 116 (When does an
agreement pass the no-disadvantage test), 117 (Special case--employee eligible
for supported wage system), 118 (Special case--employee undertaking approved
traineeship), 119 (Special case--employee undertaking approved
apprenticeship) and 121 (Determination of designated awards for QWA)
6 Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20 (Saving of operation of repealed Act
etc.)
7 Chapter 2, part 2 (Queensland Workplace Agreements)
s 30 14 s 30
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commencement. 1
`(4) The employment advocate may delegate the employment advocate's 2
powers to-- 3
(a) for a function mentioned in the repealed section 372(1)(c) 4
and (f)--an appropriately qualified public service officer or 5
employee; or 6
(b) for a function mentioned in the repealed section 372(1)(c)--an 7
appropriately qualified person; or 8
(c) for a function mentioned in the repealed section 372(1)(d)--an 9
inspector. 10
`(5) A delegation under this section that is in force on 11
31 December 1999, ends on that day. 12
to new employee for shortfall in entitlements 13
`Compensation
`519.(1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement 14
of this section-- 15
(a) a QWA was operating; and 16
(b) the QWA had not been approved; and 17
(c) a refusal notice had not been issued for the QWA. 18
`(2) A new employee who was working under the QWA is entitled to 19
recover any shortfall from the employer in an Industrial Magistrates Court. 20
`(3) An action under subsection (2) must be brought before 21
1 January 2000. 22
`(4) For subsection (2), there is a shortfall if the amount worked out 23
under paragraph (a) is less than the amount worked out under 24
paragraph (b)-- 25
(a) the total value of the entitlements to which the employee became 26
entitled under the QWA for the period while it was in operation; 27
(b) the total value of the entitlements to which the employee would 28
have been otherwise entitled for that period if the QWA had not 29
been made, in relation to the employment to which the QWA 30
relates. 31
s 31 15 s 31
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`(5) In this section-- 1
"new employee" has the meaning given under the repealed section 68. 2
"otherwise entitled" means entitled under an award, agreement or law 3
mentioned in section 116(2),8 as in force immediately before the 4
commencement of this section. 5
of certain general conditions 6
`Preservation
`520.(1) The repealed Act, sections 221, 222, 230, 233, 235, 236 and 7
237,9 continues to have effect and applies-- 8
(a) to an award, industrial agreement, certified agreement or EFA in 9
force immediately before 27 March 1997 and continued in force 10
under this Act; and 11
(b) from the commencement of this section, to an award or certified 12
agreement made or certified on or after 27 March 1997.'. 13
of sch 5 (Dictionary) 14
Amendment
Clause 31.(1) Schedule 5, definitions "additional approval requirements", 15
"allowable award matter", "amendment agreement", "ancillary 16
document", "approval notice", "bargaining agent", "certified copy", 17
"exceptional matters order", "existing employee", "extension 18
agreement", "file", "filing receipt", "filing requirements", "new 19
employee", "nominal expiry date", "party", "penalty provision", 20
"period of operation", "QWA", "QWA date", "QWA industrial 21
action", "refusal notice", "relevant or designated award", 22
"termination agreement", "termination notice" and "working day"-- 23
omit. 24
(2) Schedule 5-- 25
insert-- 26
8 Section 116 (When does an agreement pass the no-disadvantage test)
9 Sections 221 (Hours of work), 222 (Public holidays), 230 (Sick leave),
233 (Annual leave), 235 (Payment for annual leave), 236 (Payment in lieu of
annual leave) and 237 (Pro rata annual leave)
s 31 16 s 31
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` "nominal expiry date", for a certified agreement, see section 14. 1
"party", for an industrial instrument or permit, includes a person bound by 2
the instrument or permit. 3
"penalty provision", for chapter 2, part 1, division 9, see section 62. 4
"working day", for chapter 2, part 1, see section 16.'. 5
(3) Schedule 5, definition "award", paragraph (a)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(a) generally, means-- 8
(i) an award made under chapter 3 or continued in force under 9
this Act; or 10
(ii) an award as amended under the chapter; and'. 11
(4) Schedule 5, definition "employee", paragraph (b)-- 12
omit. 13
(5) Schedule 5, definition "employee", paragraph (c)-- 14
renumber as paragraph (b). 15
(6) Schedule 5, definition "employer", paragraph (b)-- 16
omit. 17
(7) Schedule 5, definition "employer", paragraph (c)-- 18
renumber as paragraph (b). 19
17
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
MENDMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 2
A
(PROTECTION FROM INVALIDITIES) ACT 1991 3
section 2(2) 4
1. Section 18-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Expiry of Act 7
`18. This Act expires on 31 December 1999.'. 8
9
© State of Queensland 1998
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