Industrial Relations Act 2016

This section applies to an application for the certification of an agreement, or the making of a bargaining award, under chapter 4, part 5.

The application must be accompanied by an affidavit that—

contains the wage-related information for the employees who are or will be covered by the proposed bargaining instrument; and

states the steps taken by the parties to the instrument to provide for equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value in the instrument; and

for a provision that allows differential treatment of wages for different groups of employees—states the justification for including the provision in the instrument.

The affidavit must be in the form required under the rules.

In this section—

proposed bargaining instrument see section 168.