29Hearings for settling disputes

29 Hearings for settling disputes

(1)  [Section 29 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 1997, s. 14, Applied:28 Jun 1997] *[Section 29 Subsection (1) amended by No. 59 of 1992, s. 20 ]**[Section 29 Subsection (1) amended by No. 90 of 1994, s. 8 ]*An organization, employer, employee or the Minister may apply to the President for a hearing before a Commissioner in respect of an industrial dispute.

(1AA)  [Section 29 Subsection (1AA) amended by No. 42 of 2012, s. 42, Applied:04 Feb 2013] [Section 29 Subsection (1AA) inserted by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] For the purpose of this section, a referral of a matter to the Commission by the Employer under section 16(2)(b) of the State Service Act 2000 is taken to be an application to the President for a hearing by the State Service employee named in that referral.

(1A)  [Section 29 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 90 of 1994, s. 8 ][Section 29 Subsection (1A) substituted by No. 18 of 1997, s. 14, Applied:28 Jun 1997] A former employee may apply to the President for a hearing before a Commissioner in respect of an industrial dispute relating to –

(a) the termination of employment of the former employee; or

(b) severance pay in respect of employment of the former employee terminated as a result of redundancy; or

(c) [Section 29 Subsection (1A) amended by No. 104 of 2000, s. 15, Applied:01 Jan 2001] a breach of an award or a registered agreement involving the former employee; or

(d) [Section 29 Subsection (1A) amended by No. 104 of 2000, s. 15, Applied:01 Jan 2001] a dispute over the entitlement to long service leave, or payment instead of any such leave, or the rate of ordinary pay at which any such leave or payment is to be paid in respect of the former employee.