Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE AGREEMENTS ACT 1993 - SECT 15

15 .         Bargaining agents

        (1)         The employer, the employees or any employee are entitled to be represented by a bargaining agent in connection with the operation of a workplace agreement.

        (2)         A bargaining agent may be any person or group of persons.

        (3)         The authority of a bargaining agent to represent an employer or an employee under this section —

            (a)         must be given in writing by that employer or employee; and

            (b)         may be terminated by that employer or employee at any time by notice in writing to the bargaining agent.

        (4)         A copy of an authority given to a bargaining agent under subsection (3)(a) must be given to each other party who is not represented by that agent.

        (5)         The fact that an employer or an employee has appointed a bargaining agent under this section does not prevent the employer or employee communicating with any other party or that other party’s bargaining agent.

        (6)         Where an employer or an employee has appointed a bargaining agent under this section any other party must not —

            (a)         refuse to recognize that appointment or deal with some other person as if he or she were that person’s bargaining agent; or

            (b)         coerce or induce, or attempt to coerce or induce, the employer or employee to terminate the authority of the bargaining agent.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (7)         Nothing in subsection (6) is to be read as requiring any person to enter into or continue negotiations for a workplace agreement.

        [Section 15 amended by No. 3 of 1997 s. 41; No. 20 of 2002 s. 37.]

[ 16.         Repealed by No. 20 of 2002 s. 38.]