Industrial Relations Act 2016

The commission’s objective in conciliating the matter under this division is to help the negotiating parties—

reach agreement on all matters or as many matters as possible; and

comply with the requirement under section 173 to negotiate in good faith.

To achieve the objective, the commission may—

give advice or make recommendations to the parties about the conduct of the negotiations; or

give directions about action to be taken, or not to be taken, to ensure a party complies with the requirement mentioned in subsection (1)(b); or

if the commission considers that holding a conference is desirable—by attendance notice, require a person to attend a conference at a stated time and place.

A person given an attendance notice must comply with the notice.

Note—

This subsection is a civil penalty provision.

To remove any doubt, it is declared that the commission may suspend or terminate protected industrial action taken during conciliation only under part 8, division 4.

Things said or done in the conciliation may not be admitted into evidence for any proceeding or otherwise disclosed.