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Industrial Relations Act 1984
41Formulation of grievance or dispute settling procedures
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### 41 Formulation of grievance or dispute settling procedures
> > (1) Where it is agreed by the parties concerned, there may be formulated, in relation to any project, undertaking, establishment, or workplace, a procedure to be followed with a view to settlement, without strike action or other industrial action, of any grievance or dispute that arises between any 2 or more of the parties.
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> > (2) A procedure referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS41@Gs1@EN) is in this section referred to as a grievance or dispute settling procedure.
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> > (3) A grievance or dispute settling procedure shall be set out in an agreement made in writing between the parties.
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> > (4) The parties to a grievance or dispute settling agreement shall be the organization or organizations representing the employees concerned and the employer or an organization of employers concerned.
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> > (5) The Commission may encourage the parties to an award or industrial agreement or any of them to enter into consultation with a view to formulating a grievance or dispute settling procedure in relation to any project, undertaking, establishment or workplace.
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> > (6) With the consent of the parties to an award or an industrial agreement, a grievance or dispute settling procedure may be inserted by the Commission in that award or, as the case may be, that industrial agreement.