WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 340 Approval of a workplace agreement

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 340

             (1)  An ITEA is approved if:

                     (a)  the ITEA is signed and dated by the employee and the employer; and

                     (b)  those signatures are witnessed; and

                     (c)  if the employee is under the age of 18 years:

                              (i)  the ITEA is signed and dated by an appropriate person (such as a parent or guardian of the employee, but not the employer) on behalf of the employee, for the purpose of indicating that person's consent to the employee making the ITEA; and

                             (ii)  that person is aged at least 18 years; and

                            (iii)  that person's signature is witnessed.

             (2)  An employee collective agreement or union collective agreement is approved if:

                     (a)  the employer has given all of the persons employed at the time whose employment will, or would but for the operation of an ITEA that has passed its nominal expiry date, be subject to the agreement a reasonable opportunity to decide whether they want to approve the agreement; and

                     (b)  either:

                              (i)  if the decision is made by a vote--a majority of those persons who cast a valid vote decide that they want to approve the agreement; or

                             (ii)  otherwise--a majority of those persons decide that they want to approve the agreement.