143ACoverage terms of modern enterprise awards

143A  Coverage terms of modern enterprise awards  (1) A modern enterprise award must include terms (coverage terms) setting out, in accordance with this section:  (a) the enterprise or enterprises to which the modern enterprise award relates; and  (b) the employers, employees and organisations that are covered by the modern enterprise award. Enterprises  (2) A modern enterprise award must be expressed to relate:  (a) to a single enterprise (or a part of a single enterprise) only; or  (b) to one or more enterprises, but only if the employers all carry on similar business activities under the same franchise and are:  (3) A modern enterprise award must be expressed to cover:  (a) a specified employer that carries on, or specified employers that carry on, the enterprise or enterprises referred to in subsection (2); and  (b) specified employees of employers covered by the modern enterprise award.  (4) A modern enterprise award may be expressed to cover one or more specified organisations, in relation to:  (a) all or specified employees covered by the award; or  (b) the employer, or all or specified employers, covered by the award.  (5) A modern enterprise award must not be expressed to cover outworker entities. How coverage etc. is expressed  (6) For the purposes of subsection (2), an enterprise must be specified:  (a) if paragraph (2)(a) applies to the enterprise—by name; or  (b) if paragraph (2)(b) applies to the enterprise—by name, or by the name of the franchise.  (7) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4):  (a) an employer or employers may be specified by name or by inclusion in a specified class or specified classes; and  (c) organisations must be specified by name. Employees not traditionally covered by awards etc.  (8) A modern enterprise award must not be expressed to cover classes of employees:  (a) who, because of the nature or seniority of their role, have traditionally not been covered by awards (whether made under laws of the Commonwealth or the States); or  (b) who perform work that is not of a similar nature to work that has traditionally been regulated by such awards. Note: For example, in some industries, managerial employees have traditionally not been covered by awards.