Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purposes of this Chapter, workplace relations matter means any of the following matters:
(a) remuneration, allowances or other amounts payable to employees;
(b) leave entitlements of employees;
(c) hours of work of employees;
(d) enforcing or terminating contracts of employment;
(e) making, enforcing or terminating agreements (not being contracts of employment) determining terms and conditions of employment;
(f) disputes between employees and employers, or the resolution of such disputes;
(g) industrial action by employees or employers;
(h) any other matter that is substantially the same as a matter that relates to employees or employers and that is dealt with by or under:
(i) this Act; or
(ii) the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 ; or
(iii) a State or Territory industrial law;
unless the matter is specified in regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph;
(i) any other matter specified in regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), none of the following is a workplace relations matter :
(a) prevention of discrimination or promotion of equal employment opportunity, but only if the State or Territory law concerned is neither a State or Territory industrial law nor contained in such a law;
(b) superannuation;
(c) workers' compensation;
(d) occupational health and safety;
(e) child labour;
(f) the observance of a public holiday, except the rate of payment of an employee for the public holiday;
(g) deductions from wages or salaries;
(h) industrial action affecting essential services;
(i) attendance for service on a jury;
(j) professional or trade regulation;
(k) consumer protection;
(l) taxation;
(m) any other matter specified in regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.