Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated 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 enterprise agreement means an
enterprise agreement as defined in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Commonwealth)
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 registered under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations)
Act 2009 (Commonwealth);
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.
(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.
[Section 3 amended by No. 53 of 2011
s. 52.]