536MKMaking a collective agreement

536MK Making a collective agreement

(1) This section provides for the making of an agreement (a collective agreement) between a regulated business and an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more regulated workers.

Collective agreement for employee‑like workers

(2) A collective agreement may be made between a digital labour platform operator and an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more employee‑like workers, in respect of the following:

(a) the terms and conditions on which employee‑like workers covered by the collective agreement perform digital platform work:

(i) under a services contract to which the digital labour platform operator is a party; or

(ii) under a services contract arranged or facilitated through or by means of the digital labour platform operated by the digital labour platform operator;

(b) how the collective agreement will operate.

Note: For when a collective agreement covers a digital labour platform operator, an employee‑like worker or an organisation, see section 536JM.

Collective agreement for regulated road transport contractors

(3) A collective agreement may be made between a road transport business and an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more regulated road transport contractors, in respect of the following:

(a) the terms and conditions on which regulated road transport contractors covered by the collective agreement perform work under services contracts to which the road transport business is a party;

(b) how the collective agreement will operate.

Note: For when a collective agreement covers a road transport business, a regulated road transport contractor or an organisation, see section 536JM.

(4) A collective agreement referred to in subsection (2) is an employee‑like worker collective agreement.

(5) A collective agreement referred to in subsection (3) is a road transport collective agreement.