WRC has no jurisdiction over a manager’s hospital regrading dispute

The WRC found it had no jurisdiction to make a recommendation on a manager’s bid to move from Grade VII to Grade VIII because the dispute had collective implications. The decision was dated 8 December 2025; the merits were not decided. A manager said his role had involved Grade VIII-level responsibilities since 2019. A hospital said no evaluation process covered Grade VII and that higher grading outside the national scheme required open competition. The adjudicator found the dispute had collective implications and ruled that section 13 of the Industrial Relations Act 1969 gave the WRC no jurisdiction to make a recommendation.