Re Equal Remuneration Principle [2000] NSWIRComm 113

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Re Equal Remuneration Principle [2000] NSWIRComm 113 Labor Council of New South Wales Minister for Industrial Relations The Employers' Federation of New South Wales and Ors PARTIES : The Australian Industry Group New South Wales and Ors Australian Business Industrial President of the Anti-Discrimination Board National Pay Equity Coalition, Women's Electoral Lobby and the Business and Professional Women's Association (NSW) FILE NUMBER: IRC 1841 of 1999 CORAM: Wright J President; Hungerford J; Schmidt J; Sams DP at 1; McKenna C at 163 State Decision - Application to establish a new principle for equal remuneration - Equal remuneration and other conditions of employment for men and women doing work of equal or comparable value - Making of awards - Review of awards - Anti-discrimination in awards - Legislative framework - Meaning of words "remuneration" and "pay equity" - Economic considerations - Need for a new principle and general concepts - Principle formulated - Wage Fixing Principles varied to incorporate new Equal Remuneration and Other Conditions principle. CATCHWORDS : Wage Fixation - State decision re equal remuneration for men and women doing work of equal or comparable value - Principle established as a part of Wage Fixing Principles. Conditions of Employment - State decision re equal conditions of employment for men and women doing work of equal or comparable value - Principle established as a part of Wage Fixing Principles. Equal Pay - Principle established as a part of Wage Fixing Principles - 1973 principles rescinded. Industrial Relations Act 1996 s3(f) s10 s11 s12 s13 s14 s15 s16 s17 s18 s19 s21 s23 s28 s37 s47 s50 s51 s146(1)(d) s162(2)(j) s169 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Interpretation Act 1987 s34 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Arbitration Act 1912 (repealed) Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 (repealed) s88D Industrial Arbitration (Female Rates) Amendment Act 1958 Industrial Relations Act 1991 (repealed) s100 Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) In re State Equal Pay Case 1973 [1973] AR (NSW) 425 State Wage Case 1999 (1999) 88 IR 363 In re Water Resources Commission (Equal Pay) Award [1979] AR (NSW) 321 National Wage Case April 1991 [1991] 36 IR 120 Pay Equity Inquiry (unreported, Glynn J, IRC 97/6320, 14/12/98) In re Hairdressers &c Females (State) Award [1929] AR (NSW) 39 In re Clerks (State) Award and Other Awards [1959] AR (NSW) 470 1969 Equal Pay Case (1969) 127 CAR 1142 National Wage and Equal Pay Cases 1972 (1972) 147 CAR 172 Street v Queensland Bar Association (1989) 168 CLR 461 Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 X v McHugh (Auditor-General for the State of Tasmania) (1994) 56 IR 248 CASES CITED : State Personal/Carer's Leave Case 1998 (1998) 84 IR 416 Principles for Review of Awards 1998 (1998) 85 IR 38 Universities (Equal Pay) Case [1980] AR (NSW) 616 Motor Transport Female Salaried Officers Award [1975] AR (NSW) 837 Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 438 Nagle (t/as WD and JL Nagle & Sons) v Tilberg [1993] 51 IR 8 Shead v Summit Western Pty Ltd t/as Blacktown Mitsubishi (1998) 81 IR 347 Re Principles for Approval of Enterprise Agreements (1996) 94 IR 98 Re Riverina Water County Council Enterprise Award 1998 (1999) 87 IR 24 Metal Trades Work Value Case (1967) 121 CAR 587 Re Transport Industry (State) Award (unreported, Full Bench, IRC 96/5261, 20/12/96) Local Courts Anomaly Case [1989] AR (NSW) 638 State Wage Case 2000 [2000] NSWIRComm 83