39. The Commission may1° ascertain the wage paid to an employee by their employer;
2° establish forms to be used by employers and employees;
3° establish or fill out the certificate of employment provided for in section 84 when the employer refuses or neglects to do so;
4° collect or receive the amounts owing to an employee under this Act or a regulation and remit them to the employee;
5° accept on behalf of an employee, with the employee's consent, or on behalf of a group of employees who are parties to a claim, with the consent of the majority of them, partial payment of the amounts owed to the employee or group of employees by the employer;
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6° pay the amounts it considers to be due by an employer to an employee under this Act or a regulation up to the minimum wage, taking into account, where such is the case, the increases provided for therein;7° (paragraph repealed);
8° institute in its own name and on behalf of an employee, where such is the case, proceedings to recover amounts due by the employer under this Act or a regulation, notwithstanding any Act to the contrary, any opposition or any express or implied waiver by the employee and without having to justify an assignment of debt of the employee;
9° intervene in its own name and on behalf of an employee, where such is the case, in proceedings relating to the insolvency of the employer;
10° intervene at any time in an action relating to the application of this Act, except Chapter III.1, or a regulation;
11° authorize a mode of payment of wages other than that provided for in section 42;
12° authorize staggered working hours on a basis other than a weekly basis on the conditions provided for in section 53;
13° prepare and disseminate information documents on labour standards and make the documents available to any interested person or body, in particular employers and employees;
14° require an employer to transmit to employees any information document concerning labour standards furnished to the employer by the Commission and to post the document in a prominent place easily accessible to all employees or to disseminate the contents of the document;
15° where it considers it necessary, indicate to the employer the manner in which the employer is required to transmit, post or disseminate an information document it furnishes to the employer;
16° send to the competent authority of a State a request for the enforcement of a decision ordering the payment of a sum of money under this Act;
17° enter into an agreement, in accordance with the applicable legislative provisions, with a government department or body, with another government or an international organization, or with a body of such a government or organization, for the application of this Act and the regulations;
18° grant financial assistance to support informational, awareness-raising or training initiatives concerning labour standards.