New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 6

6 Definition of industrial matters

(1) General definition In this Act,
"industrial matters" means matters or things affecting or relating to work done or to be done in any industry, or the privileges, rights, duties or obligations of employers or employees in any industry.

(2) Examples Examples of industrial matters are as follows--

(a) the employment of persons in any industry (including the employment of minors, trainees, apprentices and other classes of employees),

(b) the remuneration (including rates of pay, rates for piece-work and allowances) for employees in any industry,

(c) the conditions of employment in any industry (including hours of employment, qualifications of employees, manner of work and quantity of work to be done),

(d) part-time or casual employment (including part-time work agreements),

(e) the termination of employment of (or the refusal to employ) any person or class of persons in any industry,

(f) discrimination in employment in any industry (including in remuneration or other conditions of employment) on a ground to which the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 applies,

(g) procedures for the resolution of industrial disputes,

(h) the established customs in any industry,

(i) the authorised remittance by employers of membership fees of industrial organisations of employees,

(j) the surveillance of employees in the workplace,

(k) the mode, terms and conditions under which work is given out, whether directly or indirectly, to be performed by outworkers in the clothing trades.

Note : The Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 deals with apprenticeships and traineeships. Section 80 of that Act provides that that Act (and regulations, orders and directions under that Act) prevail over this Act (and regulations, orders, awards and agreements under this Act) to the extent of any inconsistency.