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180AAgreement of bargaining representatives that are employee organisations—proposed multi‑enterprise agreements
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180A Agreement of bargaining representatives that are employee organisations—proposed multi‑enterprise agreements
(1) This section applies to a proposed enterprise agreement that is a multi‑enterprise agreement.
(2) An employer must not request under subsection 181(1) that employees approve the enterprise agreement by voting for it unless:
(a) each bargaining representative for the enterprise agreement that is an employee organisation has provided the employer with written agreement to the making of the request; or
Note: Voting request orders can be made where failure to provide written agreement to the making of a request is unreasonable in the circumstances (see section 240B).