Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 526

  (1)   The FWC may deal with a dispute about the operation of this Part.

  (2)   The FWC may deal with the dispute by arbitration.

Note:   The FWC may also deal with a dispute by mediation or conciliation, or by making a recommendation or expressing an opinion (see subsection   595(2)).

  (3)   The FWC may deal with the dispute only on application by any of the following:

  (a)   an employee who has been, or is going to be, stood down under subsection   524(1) (or purportedly under subsection   524(1));

  (b)   an employee in relation to whom the following requirements are satisfied:

  (i)   the employee has made a request to take leave to avoid being stood down under subsection   524(1) (or purportedly under subsection   524(1));

  (ii)   the employee's employer has authorised the leave;

  (c)   an employee organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of an employee referred to in paragraph   (a) or (b);

  (d)   an inspector.

  (4)   In dealing with the dispute, the FWC must take into account fairness between the parties concerned.