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35 Employer must notify employees of application for approval of an enterprise agreement
(1) Each employer that is covered by an enterprise agreement must notify its employees who are covered by the agreement that an application has been made to the FWC for approval of the agreement.
(2) The employees must be notified, as soon as practicable after the application is lodged with the FWC, through the usual means that are adopted by the employer for communicating with employees.
Note: Examples of the “usual means” for communicating with employees are posting notices on employee notice boards and using email.
36 Documents lodged with an application for approval of an enterprise agreement or a related declaration must be served with the application or declaration
(a) an application for approval of an enterprise agreement; or
(b) a declaration in support of, or in relation to, an application for approval of an enterprise agreement;
the person must serve with the application or declaration copies of any documents that were lodged with the application or declaration.
Note 1: The rules in this Division provide for documents that must accompany such an application (in addition to the documents that are required under the Act to accompany the application) or declaration.
Note 2: For how to serve the application or declaration and documents, see rules 21 and 22.