Employment Dispute Resolution Act 2008

If agreement is reached between the parties or any of them in relation to the employment dispute or any aspect of the employment dispute, the IR Commission may, with the consent of the parties, register the agreement as a mediation settlement agreement.

A mediation settlement agreement is binding on the parties to the agreement and may be enforced under the IR Act as if the agreement were an industrial agreement under that Act.

A mediation settlement agreement cannot vary the operation of an existing award, order or industrial agreement under the IR Act.

Except as provided in subsection (2), the parties to a mediation settlement agreement must not make a claim under any written law in respect of an employment dispute, or an aspect of an employment dispute, that is the subject of the mediation settlement agreement.