sec.447Commission’s functions

### sec.447 Commission’s functions The commission’s functions include the following— establishing and maintaining a system of non-discriminatory modern awards that, together with the Queensland Employment Standards, provide for fair and just conditions of employment for employees; supervising the bargaining of agreements; certifying agreements; making bargaining awards; making modern awards; promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations; taking measures to prevent disputes; assisting parties to an industrial cause in negotiating or resolving a matter relevant to the cause, whether or not the matter is within the jurisdiction of the commission; resolving disputes by conciliation of industrial matters and, if necessary, by arbitration or making an order; resolving disputes in the negotiation of agreements— by conciliation; or by arbitration, including by the making of determinations; resolving disputes over union coverage by making representation orders; resolving disputes by performing the functions conferred on the commission under a referral agreement; resolving other disputes that threaten to harm the community or the economy by conciliation and, if necessary, by arbitration; dealing with— applications brought under this Act or another Act, including for public service appeals; or claims relating to dismissals; making declarations about industrial matters; any other function conferred on the commission under this Act or another Act. The commission must perform its functions in a way that— is consistent with the objects of this Act; and avoids unnecessary technicalities and facilitates the fair and practical conduct of proceedings under this Act. s 447 amd 2020 No. 35 s 5 (sec.447-ssec.1) The commission’s functions include the following— establishing and maintaining a system of non-discriminatory modern awards that, together with the Queensland Employment Standards, provide for fair and just conditions of employment for employees; supervising the bargaining of agreements; certifying agreements; making bargaining awards; making modern awards; promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations; taking measures to prevent disputes; assisting parties to an industrial cause in negotiating or resolving a matter relevant to the cause, whether or not the matter is within the jurisdiction of the commission; resolving disputes by conciliation of industrial matters and, if necessary, by arbitration or making an order; resolving disputes in the negotiation of agreements— by conciliation; or by arbitration, including by the making of determinations; resolving disputes over union coverage by making representation orders; resolving disputes by performing the functions conferred on the commission under a referral agreement; resolving other disputes that threaten to harm the community or the economy by conciliation and, if necessary, by arbitration; dealing with— applications brought under this Act or another Act, including for public service appeals; or claims relating to dismissals; making declarations about industrial matters; any other function conferred on the commission under this Act or another Act. (sec.447-ssec.2) The commission must perform its functions in a way that— is consistent with the objects of this Act; and avoids unnecessary technicalities and facilitates the fair and practical conduct of proceedings under this Act. - (a) establishing and maintaining a system of non-discriminatory modern awards that, together with the Queensland Employment Standards, provide for fair and just conditions of employment for employees; - (b) supervising the bargaining of agreements; - (c) certifying agreements; - (d) making bargaining awards; - (e) making modern awards; - (f) promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations; - (g) taking measures to prevent disputes; - (h) assisting parties to an industrial cause in negotiating or resolving a matter relevant to the cause, whether or not the matter is within the jurisdiction of the commission; - (i) resolving disputes by conciliation of industrial matters and, if necessary, by arbitration or making an order; - (j) resolving disputes in the negotiation of agreements— (i) by conciliation; or (ii) by arbitration, including by the making of determinations; - (i) by conciliation; or - (ii) by arbitration, including by the making of determinations; - (k) resolving disputes over union coverage by making representation orders; - (l) resolving disputes by performing the functions conferred on the commission under a referral agreement; - (m) resolving other disputes that threaten to harm the community or the economy by conciliation and, if necessary, by arbitration; - (n) dealing with— (i) applications brought under this Act or another Act, including for public service appeals; or (ii) claims relating to dismissals; - (i) applications brought under this Act or another Act, including for public service appeals; or - (ii) claims relating to dismissals; - (o) making declarations about industrial matters; - (p) any other function conferred on the commission under this Act or another Act. - (i) by conciliation; or - (ii) by arbitration, including by the making of determinations; - (i) applications brought under this Act or another Act, including for public service appeals; or - (ii) claims relating to dismissals; - (a) is consistent with the objects of this Act; and - (b) avoids unnecessary technicalities and facilitates the fair and practical conduct of proceedings under this Act.