59Employment of staff

#### 59 Employment of staff 59 Employment of staff > > (1) The Chief Investigator may appoint such staff as the Chief Investigator requires to exercise the Chief Investigator’s functions. > > > (2) Those members of staff are taken to be employed by the Government of New South Wales in the service of the Crown, except as provided by subsection (3). > > > (2A) The provisions of the [Government Sector Employment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-040) relating to the employment of Public Service employees do not apply to the employment of those members of staff. > > > (3) The Chief Investigator is, for the purposes of any proceedings relating to those members of staff held before a competent tribunal having jurisdiction to deal with industrial matters, taken to be the employer of the staff. > > > (4) The Chief Investigator may enter into an agreement with any association or organisation representing a group or class of those members of staff with respect to industrial matters. > > > (5) Any such agreement binds all persons in the class or group affected by the agreement, and no such person (whether a member of the association or organisation with which the agreement was entered into or not) has any right of appeal against the terms of the agreement. > > > (6) An agreement under this section is not an enterprise agreement within the meaning of the [Industrial Relations Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-017). However, the Chief Investigator may enter into such an enterprise agreement as the employer of the members of staff concerned. > > **s 59:** Rep 1993 No 50, Sch 3. Ins 1996 No 56, Sch 1 \[32\]. Rep 1998 No 8, Sch 1 \[11\]. Ins 2006 No 2, Sch 4.75 \[4\]. Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.32 \[11\].