Fair Work Act 2009
178BNotified negotiation period for a proposed single-enterprise agreement that is a greenfields agreement
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178B Notified negotiation period for a proposed single‑enterprise agreement that is a greenfields agreement
(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.