sec.945Industrial cause affecting diverse employees

### sec.945 Industrial cause affecting diverse employees Subsection (2) applies if the Minister decides an industrial cause affects, or is likely to affect, employees in more than 1 public sector unit. The chief executive of the department is taken to be— the employer of all employees who are, or are likely to be, affected; and a party to the cause and to proceedings in the court, the commission or an Industrial Magistrates Court in the cause. Any other person who would, apart from subsection (2) , be employers of all or any of the employees is taken not to be an employer of the employees. An agreement made by the chief executive as employer, or order made in proceedings to which the chief executive is a party, binds all persons, and their employees, to whom the agreement or order purports to apply. (sec.945-ssec.1) Subsection (2) applies if the Minister decides an industrial cause affects, or is likely to affect, employees in more than 1 public sector unit. (sec.945-ssec.2) The chief executive of the department is taken to be— the employer of all employees who are, or are likely to be, affected; and a party to the cause and to proceedings in the court, the commission or an Industrial Magistrates Court in the cause. (sec.945-ssec.3) Any other person who would, apart from subsection (2) , be employers of all or any of the employees is taken not to be an employer of the employees. (sec.945-ssec.4) An agreement made by the chief executive as employer, or order made in proceedings to which the chief executive is a party, binds all persons, and their employees, to whom the agreement or order purports to apply. - (a) the employer of all employees who are, or are likely to be, affected; and - (b) a party to the cause and to proceedings in the court, the commission or an Industrial Magistrates Court in the cause.