sec.248Requirements for commission—ensuring modern award provides for equal remuneration

### sec.248 Requirements for commission—ensuring modern award provides for equal remuneration The commission must be satisfied— the work to which the award relates is appropriately valued; and the award provides for equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value. For subsection (1) (a) , the commission must assess the current value of the work that is the subject of the modern award, having regard to— the nature of the work, skill and responsibility required; and the conditions under which the work is performed; and any other matters the commission considers relevant. The assessment of the current value of the work must be free of assumptions based on gender. For subsection (1) (b) — comparisons within and between occupations and industries— may be used, but are not required, to establish whether the work has been undervalued on a gender basis; and are not restricted to similar work; and discrimination on the basis of gender is not necessary to establish the work has been undervalued; and the commission must consider previous valuations of the work and whether historically the work has been undervalued; and the commission may have regard to other industrial instruments or federal industrial instruments. (sec.248-ssec.1) The commission must be satisfied— the work to which the award relates is appropriately valued; and the award provides for equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value. (sec.248-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (a) , the commission must assess the current value of the work that is the subject of the modern award, having regard to— the nature of the work, skill and responsibility required; and the conditions under which the work is performed; and any other matters the commission considers relevant. (sec.248-ssec.3) The assessment of the current value of the work must be free of assumptions based on gender. (sec.248-ssec.4) For subsection (1) (b) — comparisons within and between occupations and industries— may be used, but are not required, to establish whether the work has been undervalued on a gender basis; and are not restricted to similar work; and discrimination on the basis of gender is not necessary to establish the work has been undervalued; and the commission must consider previous valuations of the work and whether historically the work has been undervalued; and the commission may have regard to other industrial instruments or federal industrial instruments. - (a) the work to which the award relates is appropriately valued; and - (b) the award provides for equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value. - (a) the nature of the work, skill and responsibility required; and - (b) the conditions under which the work is performed; and - (c) any other matters the commission considers relevant. - (a) comparisons within and between occupations and industries— (i) may be used, but are not required, to establish whether the work has been undervalued on a gender basis; and (ii) are not restricted to similar work; and - (i) may be used, but are not required, to establish whether the work has been undervalued on a gender basis; and - (ii) are not restricted to similar work; and - (b) discrimination on the basis of gender is not necessary to establish the work has been undervalued; and - (c) the commission must consider previous valuations of the work and whether historically the work has been undervalued; and - (d) the commission may have regard to other industrial instruments or federal industrial instruments. - (i) may be used, but are not required, to establish whether the work has been undervalued on a gender basis; and - (ii) are not restricted to similar work; and