QUEENSLAND unions say new state government laws removing public servants' job security are unconstitutional.
The unions have argued in court the new laws breach the separation of powers between the state and the judiciary.
Earlier this year, Premier Campbell Newman's government passed laws that strip employment security and no-contracting out clauses from current work agreements for tens of thousands of public servants.
The unions say the laws mean public servants can be sacked at the stroke of a pen and jobs contracted out more easily.
On Monday, union lawyers told the Court of Appeal in Brisbane that the laws cancelled out previous certified agreements made in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC).
AWU's barrister Darryl Rangiah told the court the laws threaten the commission's ability to make fair decisions when settling employees' pay or condition disputes.
"With the stroke of a pen from a chief executive, the (QIRC's) decision can be overturned," Mr Rangiah said.
"The commission's decision-making (power) is under threat."
Together union lawyer Andrew Rich told AAP the laws interfere with the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission's ability to exercise judicial power.
"It is in breach of the separation of powers," Mr Rich said.
The case continues.
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