Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 373

             (1)  A variation to an ITEA is approved if:

                     (a)  the variation is signed and dated by the employee and the employer; and

                     (b)  those signatures are witnessed; and

                     (c)  if the employee is under the age of 18 years:

                              (i)  the variation is signed and dated by an appropriate person (such as a parent or guardian of the employee, but not the employer) on behalf of the employee, for the purpose of indicating that person's consent to the employee making the variation; and

                             (ii)  that person is aged at least 18 years; and

                            (iii)  that person's signature is witnessed.

             (2)  A variation to a collective agreement is approved if:

                     (a)  the employer has given all of the persons employed at the time whose employment:

                              (i)  is subject to the agreement; or

                             (ii)  will, or would but for the operation of an ITEA that has passed its nominal expiry date, be subject to the agreement as varied;

                            a reasonable opportunity to decide whether they want to approve the variation; and

                     (b)  either:

                              (i)  if the decision is made by a vote--a majority of those persons who cast a valid vote decide that they want to approve the variation; or

                             (ii)  otherwise--a majority of those persons decide that they want to approve the variation.