FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 17

FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 17

17—Applications to SAET

        (1)         For the purposes of the South Australian Employment Tribunal Act 2014 , proceedings before SAET under this Act are commenced by an application made to SAET—

            (a)         if, in the Minister's opinion, it is in the public interest that the matter be dealt with by SAET—by the Minister; or

            (b)         by an employer, or group of employers; or

            (c)         by an employee, or group of employees; or

            (d)         by a registered association of employers; or

            (e)         by a registered association of employees; or

            (f)         by the United Trades and Labor Council.

        (2)         A natural person may bring an application as of right if the application is authorised under some other provision of this Act but otherwise must establish to the satisfaction of SAET—

            (a)         that the claim arises out of a genuine industrial grievance; and

            (b)         that there is no other impartial grievance resolution process that is (or has been) reasonably available to the person.