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Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC)

The functions of the AIRC are broadly summarised as follows:
- to facilitate agreement making between employers and employees or organisations of employees about wages and conditions of employment
- to ensure that a safety net of fair minimum wages and conditions of employment is established and maintained
- to prevent and settle industrial disputes, so far as possible by conciliation, and, where appropriate within the limits specified by the Workplace Relations Act 1996 [WR Act], by arbitration
- to facilitate equal remuneration for work of equal value
- to conciliate claims for relief in relation to termination of employment, and if necessary to arbitrate whether a termination is harsh, unjust or unreasonable
- to deal with matters concerning organisations, particularly registration, amalgamation, cancellation, representation rights, alteration of eligibility rules and change of name.

See also:

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Australian Workplace Agreement (AWA)
Codetermination
Collective Bargaining
Collectivization
Collectivism
Conflict
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