WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 334 Bargaining agents--ITEAs
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 334
Bargaining agents--ITEAs(1) An employer or employee may appoint a person to be his or her bargaining agent in relation to the making, variation or termination of an ITEA. The appointment must be made in writing.
Note: Subsection 400(3) provides a civil remedy for coercion in relation to appointments under this subsection.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an employer or employee must not refuse to recognise a bargaining agent duly appointed by the other party for the purposes of subsection (1).
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person refusing has not been given a copy of the bargaining agent's instrument of appointment before the refusal.
(4) Subsection (2) is a civil remedy provision.
Note: See Division 11 for provisions on enforcement.