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GOVERNMENT SECTOR EMPLOYMENT ACT 2013 - SECT 53
Industrial relations provisions
53 Industrial relations provisions
(1) The Industrial Relations Secretary is not subject to the control and
direction of any Minister-- (a) in determining conditions of employment under
this Division, or
(b) in dealing with a dispute relating to an industrial
matter concerning Public Service employees.
(2) The
Industrial Relations Secretary may delegate any of his or her functions under
this Division (other than this power of delegation) to the head of a
Public Service agency or any Public Service employee or to a statutory
officer.
(2A) A delegate under subsection (2) may, subject to the conditions
of the delegation, sub-delegate a function to a Public Service employee or to
a statutory officer if the delegate is authorised in writing to do so.
(3)
The Industrial Relations Secretary has the following functions-- (a) advising
the Government on appropriate strategies and policies regarding employment
conditions and industrial relations in the government sector,
(b) monitoring
the implementation of Government strategies and policies on employment
conditions and industrial relations in the government sector and assisting
with the implementation of those strategies and policies.
The
Industrial Relations Secretary must consult with the
Public Service Commissioner before exercising any function under this
subsection.
(4) The head of a Public Service agency is to notify the
Industrial Relations Secretary of such industrial matters affecting the agency
as the Industrial Relations Secretary specifies in a notice given to the head
of the agency.
(5) A Public Service employee who is authorised by the
Industrial Relations Secretary for the purposes of this subsection may-- (a)
enter the premises of any Public Service agency, and
(b) require the
production of and examine any documents in the custody of any
Public Service employee, and
(c) require any Public Service employee to
answer questions,
for the purposes of enabling the
Industrial Relations Secretary to exercise his or her functions under this
Division.
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