Conference Following State Wage Cases B882 of 1999 and B888 of 1999 in relation to Principle 12 – Award Review [2000] QIRC 45 (2000) 164 QGIG 143

9 June, 2000 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 143 ######################################################################################################################## QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1999 – s. 130 – review of awards Conference Following State Wage Cases B882 of 1999 and B888 of 1999 in relation to Principle 12 – Award Review (Case B1733 of 1999) PRESIDENT HALL, COMMISSIONERS EDWARDS AND BECHLY 30 May 2000 State Wage Case – Award Review – Nominations Accepted for Tripartite Committee – DETIR to co–ordinate Process and Meetings if such are not chaired by the Commission. DECISION We refer to our decision of 2 May 2000 from the Bench wherein the President stated:– “ . . . In the case of the matters of discriminatory provisions, formatting in plain English, obsolete and outdated provisions, obsolete and outdated Awards, we consider that there would be advantage in a tripartite committee meeting under the chairmanship of a member of the Commission, to attempt to resolve a common process to be followed in dealing with those matters in relation to any particular Award. . . . Those organisations that wish to be part of the tripartite process are to communicate with the Registry within three weeks of today’s date. In the event that there is disputation as to who should be a member and who should not, or in the event that the group is too large to facilitate communication the Commission will convene to resolve the difficulty in membership. We consider also that the tripartite committee should examine the existing declarations of policy to ensure that those declarations of policy comply with the Act in its current form. . . .”. The Commission has now received nominations from a number of organisations and Commissioner Edwards chaired a conference on 23 May 2000 to receive confirmation of the nominations. In consideration of that process we accept the nominations and the process by which a representative from the Department of Employment, Training and Industrial Relations (DETIR) will co-ordinate the process and meetings if such are not chaired by the Commission. As indicated to the parties, Commissioner Edwards will chair a meeting of the Tripartite Committee at 9.30 am on Friday 2 June 2000. The Commission orders accordingly. D R HALL, President. K.L. EDWARDS, Commissioner. R.E. BECHLY, Commissioner. Appearances:– Mr D.R. Dawes for the Queensland Council of Unions. Mr M. Vining for The Australian Workers’ Union of Employees, Queensland. Mr L. Gillespie for the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (Queensland Branch) Union of Employees. Ms K. Inglis for the Automotive, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland. Ms J. Jeffery for the Queensland Nurses’ Union of Employees. Mr J. Coogan for the Federated Engine Drivers’ and Firemens’ Association of Australasia Queensland Branch, Union of Employees, and The Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy, Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland. Dr S. Winocur, with her Ms F. Bucknall for the Crown. Mr G. Power for the Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited, Industrial Organisation of Employers. Mr R. McPherson for Australian Industry Group, Industrial Organisation of Employers (Queensland). Mr G. Trost for Queensland Cane Growers' Association Union of Employers. Mr J. Patti for the Australian Dental Association (Queensland Branch) Union of Employers, Child Care Industry Association of Queensland, the Consulting Surveyors Industrial Organisation of Employers, the Private Hospital Association of Queensland, the Royal Queensland Bowls Association, Queensland Community Service Employers Association, a number of meat companies, a number of employers in the pathology industry and security industry. Mr C. Lentini and with him Mr A. Rowe for the Queensland Hotels Association, Union of Employers. Mr R. Cullen for the Australian Sugar Milling Association, Queensland, Union of Employers. Mr K. Law for The Restaurant and Caterers Employers Association of Queensland Industrial Organisation of Employers. Mr R. Beer for the Local Government Association of Queensland (Inc.). Ms S.J. Booth for Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland. Released: 30 May 2000 -- 1 of 1 --