Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the context otherwise requires —
“Chief Commissioner” means the Chief
Commissioner under the IR Act, and includes an acting Chief Commissioner;
“commissioner” means a commissioner
appointed under the IR Act and includes the Chief Commissioner, the
Senior Commissioner and an acting commissioner under that Act;
“Commonwealth workplace agreement”
means a workplace agreement as defined in the Workplace Relations Act or any
other agreement or arrangement prescribed under the IR Act section 113 for the
purposes of this definition;
“decision” includes an order,
declaration or finding;
“employee” has the meaning given in
the IR Act section 7;
“employer” has the meaning given in
the IR Act section 7;
“employment dispute” means any
question, dispute or difficulty that arises out of or in the course of
employment, and includes any industrial matter;
“industrial matter” has the meaning
given in the IR Act section 7;
“IR Act” means the
Industrial Relations Act 1979 ;
“IR Commission” means The Western
Australian Industrial Relations Commission continued and constituted under the
IR Act;
“mediation” means mediation under
Part 2 Division 1;
“mediation settlement agreement” means
an agreement registered under section 11;
“organisation” means —
(a) an
organisation that is registered under the IR Act Part II Division 4;
or
(b) an
organisation as defined in the Workplace Relations Act section 4;
“referral agreement” has the meaning
given in section 12(1);
“referral proceeding” means a
proceeding in relation to a referral under Part 2 Division 2;
“Workplace Relations Act” means the
Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth.
(2) A matter relating
to —
(a) the
dismissal of an employee by an employer; or
(b) the
refusal or failure of an employer to allow an employee a benefit under the
employee’s contract of employment,
is and remains an
employment dispute for the purposes of this Act even though the relationship
as employee and employer has ended.