WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 329 Union greenfields agreements

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 329

             (1)  An employer may make an agreement (a union greenfields agreement ) in writing with one or more organisations of employees if:

                     (a)  the agreement relates to a new business that the employer proposes to establish, or is establishing, when the agreement is made; and

                     (b)  the agreement is made before the employment of any of the persons:

                              (i)  who will be necessary for the normal operation of the business; and

                             (ii)  whose employment will be subject to the agreement; and

                     (c)  each organisation meets the requirements of subsection (2).

             (2)  When the agreement is made, each organisation must be entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more of the persons, whose employment is likely to be subject to the agreement, in relation to work that will be subject to the agreement.