Industrial Relations Secretary v Public Service Association and Professional Officers’ Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales [2022] NSWIRComm 1042

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Industrial Relations Secretary v Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales [2022] NSWIRComm 1042 Hearing dates: 7 June 2022 Date of orders: 7 June 2022 Decision date: 14 June 2022 Jurisdiction: Industrial Relations Commission Before: Commissioner Sloan Decision: Dispute orders made pursuant to s 137(1)(a) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 Catchwords: EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL LAW – Industrial disputes – Dispute orders – consideration of factors going to exercise of discretion as to whether to make dispute orders Legislation Cited: Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 3, Ch 2 Pt 1, ss 10, 130, 135, 136, 137, 146, 146C Industrial Relations (Public Sector Conditions of Employment) Regulation 2014 cl 6 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 36.17 Cases Cited: BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd v Australian Workers' Union, New South Wales (2006) 153 IR 176; [2006] NSWIRComm 149 Director General, NSW Department of Health v New South Wales Nurses Association (No 2) [2010] NSWIRComm 163 Fire & Rescue NSW on behalf of the Department of Premier and Cabinet v Fire Brigade Employees' Union of New South Wales [2013] NSWIRComm 63 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Industrial Relations Secretary, Auditor General, Chief Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Commissioner of Police, Landcom, Insurance and Care NSW, Secretary of the Department of Education, Transport Secretary (Notifiers) Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I Taylor SC (Notifiers) M Gibian SC (Respondent) Solicitors: K Smith, Crown Solicitor (Notifiers) A McRobert, PSA (Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/160326 Publication restriction: No