Review of the Principles for Approval of Enterprise Agreements 2000 [2000] NSWIRComm 250

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Review of the Principles for Approval of Enterprise Agreements 2000 [2000] NSWIRComm 250 Labor Council of New South Wales Employers' Federation of New South Wales Australian Business Industrial Australian Retailers' Association, New South Wales PARTIES : Australian Industry Group Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales State Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Industrial Relations) Catholic Commission for Employment Relations President of the Anti-Discrimination Board (Intervener) Minister for Industrial Relations (Intervener) FILE NUMBER: IRC1166 of 2000 CORAM: Wright J President; Walton J Vice-President; Schmidt J; Boland J; Redman C CATCHWORDS : Enterprise Agreements - Review of Principles for Approval - meaning of review for purposes of s33(3) - Relevance of consent of the parties - Agreed proposed principles - Existing principles largely unaltered - Amendments appropriate under Act - Disputed matter - Whether Commission should consider existence or otherwise of anti-discrimination clause in approval process - Significance and purpose of anti-discrimination clauses in awards - Principles amended to include reference to anti-discrimination clause - Order made establishing new principles Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 s 56 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 s 32 Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 3 s 10 s 11 s 16 s 19 s 22 s 29 s 33 s 35 s 51 s 146 s 167 s 169 Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2000 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297 K&S Lake City Freighters Pty Ltd v Gordon & Gotch Ltd (1985) 157 CLR 309 Kingston NSW v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 Principles for Review of Awards - State Decision 1998 (1998) 85 IR 38 Re Award Simplification Decision (1997) 75 IR 272 Re Equal Remuneration Principle (2000) 97 IR 177 Re Gas Meter Makers (State) Conciliation Committee [1932] AR(NSW) 341 CASES CITED : Re Glass Makers (State) Conciliation Committee [1937] AR(NSW) 313 Re Hospital Secretaries Committee [1951] AR(NSW) 577 Re Motor Bus Drivers (State) Award [1957] AR(NSW) 304 Re Principles for Approval of Enterprise Agreements (1996) 94 IR 98 State Wage Case - April 1996 (1996) 64 IR 439 State Wage Case - August 1997 (1997) 73 IR 200 State Wage Case 1999 (1999) 88 IR 363 Third Safety Net Adjustment and s 10A Review - October 1995 Decision (1995) 61 IR 236 HEARING DATES: 11/22/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/22/2000