Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 178B

             (1)  If a proposed single-enterprise agreement is a greenfields agreement, an employer that is a bargaining representative for the agreement may give written notice:

                     (a)  to each employee organisation that is a bargaining representative for the agreement; and

                     (b)  stating that the period of 6 months beginning on a specified day is the notified negotiation period for the agreement.

             (2)  The specified day must be later than:

                     (a)  if only one employee organisation is a bargaining representative for the agreement--the day on which the employer gave the notice to the organisation; or

                     (b)  if 2 or more employee organisations are bargaining representatives for the agreement--the last day on which the employer gave the notice to any of those organisations.

Multiple employers--agreement to giving of notice

             (3)  If 2 or more employers are bargaining representatives for the agreement, the notice has no effect unless the other employer or employers agree to the giving of the notice.