Application for General Order – Provisions in Industrial Instruments for special days appointed under section 7 of the Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972

NOTICE is given that an application has been made to the Commission in Court Session by UnionsWA under section 50 of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA). The application by UnionsWA is for a General Order to provide that all employees covered by an award, an industrial agreement, an enterprise order, or an employer-employee agreement under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA) that provides for a higher rate of pay for working on a defined public holiday specified in that industrial instrument shall also be paid that higher rate of pay when working on any recognised public holiday pursuant to the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 (WA) or the Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 (WA).

 

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