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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 19
Review of awards
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.
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