Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 (NO. 28, 2009) - SECT 205

Consultation term must be included in an enterprise agreement

             (1)  An enterprise agreement must include a term (a consultation term ) that:

                     (a)  requires the employer or employers to which the agreement applies to consult the employees to whom the agreement applies about major workplace changes that are likely to have a significant effect on the employees; and

                     (b)  allows for the representation of those employees for the purposes of that consultation.

Model consultation term

             (2)  If an enterprise agreement does not include a consultation term, the model consultation term is taken to be a term of the agreement.

             (3)  The regulations must prescribe the model consultation term for enterprise agreements.