Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 250

250 Requirement for application relating to proposed bargaining instrument

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

(2) The application must be accompanied by an affidavit that—

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

(b) 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

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

(3) The affidavit must be in the form required under the rules.

(4) In this section—

"proposed bargaining instrument" see section 168 .