Industrial Relations Act 2016

A negotiating party may ask the commission to help the parties reach agreement.

The commission has jurisdiction to—

conciliate the matter to help the negotiating parties reach agreement on all matters or as many matters as possible; and

determine, by arbitration, matters in dispute following conciliation.

Chapter 4, part 3—

is an applied provision for this section; andNote—

See section 406ZZF about interpreting an applied provision.

without limiting section 406ZZF, applies for this section as if the reference in section 180(3)(a) to a proposed bargaining instrument the subject of a part 5 application were a reference to the proposed negotiated agreement for the certification application.

If the commission makes an arbitration determination under chapter 4, part 3, the determination is taken to be a negotiated agreement certified by the commission under division 3.