21Disputes

21 Disputes

(1)  [Section 21 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:18 Dec 2019] The relevant manager for an employee is to investigate any dispute in respect of the employee, in relation to any matter arising under this Act, including –

(a) an entitlement to long service leave or the payment of any allowance specified in section 20 ; or

(b) the refusal to grant all or part of a period of long service leave; or

(c) the commencement or termination date of continuous employment; or

(d) the length of employment; or

(e) [Section 21 Subsection (1) amended by No. 10 of 2003, s. 11, Applied:16 Apr 2003] [Section 21 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:18 Dec 2019] the calculation of a period of continuous employment; or

(f) an entitlement of a personal representative of an employee to any allowance specified in section 20 ; or

(g) [Section 21 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:18 Dec 2019] the length of employment or calculation of a period of continuous employment by the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth; or

(h) the salary to which an employee who is granted leave is entitled.

(2)  [Section 21 Subsection (2) amended by No. 49 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:18 Dec 2019] If a dispute is not resolved as a result of an investigation by a relevant manager under this section, the relevant manager is to submit a report on the dispute to the President of the Commission.

(3)  On receipt of a report on a dispute submitted under subsection (2) , the President is to arrange for a Commissioner to hear and determine the dispute.

(4)  After hearing a dispute, a Commissioner may make any of the following orders: