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3 Objects

3 Objects

The objects of this Act are as follows—

(a) to provide a framework for the conduct of industrial relations that is fair and just,

(b) to promote efficiency and productivity in the economy of the State,

(c) to promote participation in industrial relations by employees and employers at an enterprise or workplace level,

(d) to encourage participation in industrial relations by representative bodies of employees and employers and to encourage the responsible management and democratic control of those bodies,

(e) to facilitate appropriate regulation of employment through awards, enterprise agreements and other industrial instruments,

(f) to prevent and eliminate discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace,

(f1) to achieve gender equality in the workplace, and in particular—

(i) to ensure equal remuneration for men and women doing work of equal or comparable value, and

(ii) to eliminate gender-based undervaluation of work,

(g) to provide for the resolution of industrial disputes by conciliation and, if necessary, by arbitration in a prompt and fair manner and with a minimum of legal technicality,

(h) to encourage and facilitate co-operative workplace reform and equitable, innovative and productive workplace relations,

(i) to encourage strategies to attract and retain skilled staff where there are skill shortages so as to ensure effective and efficient delivery of services.

s 3: Am 2023 No 41, Sch 1.3[1]; 2025 No 42, Sch 1[1].