NRS 12082 15 35 137 - 1991 Cabinet Papers - Flipbook - Page 149
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5.
PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT OF CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Part 5 covers enforcement of conditions of employment.
Provision is made for the recovery of wages, the cost of work,
pay and remuneration in a variety of circumstances.
Procedural aspects are dealt with as well as the payment of
unclaimed wages and other unclaimed amounts.
The Part
provides that wages must be paid in money and must not be paid
in goods, board or lodging. An employer must not stipulate
Other provisions are
how remuneration is to be spent.
included relating to the manner of payment of remuneration.
The Part contains provisions dealing with the breach of awards
awards),
agreements
superannuation
and
(including
determinations and the penalties and remedies available in
proceedings in respect of such breaches.
The Part requires that particulars of wages are to be supplied
to employees when they are paid and that every employer must
keep timesheets and paysheets in a specified manner.
The Part will provide that where an award or agreement
specifies that an employer must make a contribution on behalf
of eligible employees to an occupational superannuation scheme
or fund, an employee may (if he or she desires) determine,
with the consent of the employer, which fund or scheme the
contributions are to be paid into (as long as the fund or
scheme has been approved in accordance with the Commonwealth
Operational Standards for Occupational Superannuation Funds).
Any such agreement is to apply irrespective of any provision
in the award or agreement concerning the scheme or fund into
which such contributions are to be paid. Such agreements must
be in writing and retained by the employer. A copy must be
provided to the employee concerned.
CHAPTER 3 - DISPUTES, INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND OTHER MATTERS
PART 1 - DISPUTES, ETC. CONCERNING SETTLED RIGHTS
UNDER AWARDS AND AGREEMENTS
This Part makes provision for dealing with questions, disputes
and difficulties during the nominal term of an award or
agreement. All awards and enterprise agreements must contain
grievance procedures to avoid and settle such questions,
disputes and difficulties, and individual grievances. These
grievance procedures must include provisions which, in the
opinion of the Commission, are not less likely to lead to
avoidance or resolution of the disputes or grievances to which
they apply than the provisions set out in this Part of the
proposed Act. Small businesses, as defined, are exempted from
the requirement concerning grievance procedures.