Industrial Relations Act 1996

The Commission must, on application, make an award setting any of the following conditions of employment—

ordinary hours of employment,

equal remuneration and other conditions for men and women doing work of equal or comparable value,

employment protection provisions,

provisions relevant to technological change,

sick leave,

part-time work,

casual work.

Those conditions are to be set—

in accordance with any relevant requirement of this Division and any other provision of this Act, and

with due regard to any established principles of the Commission or other matters considered relevant.

Those conditions may be set in a new award or by the variation of an existing award.

This section applies even though there is an existing award dealing with the matter.