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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 566 Binding additional eligible entities and employers

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 566

Binding additional eligible entities and employers

             (1)  An organisation, an eligible entity or an employer may apply to the Commission for an order varying an award that includes outworker terms to bind an eligible entity or an employer to the award, but only in relation to the outworker terms.

             (2)  If an application is made under subsection (1), the Commission must take such steps as it thinks appropriate to ensure that each employer, employee and organisation bound by the award, and any other interested persons and bodies, are made aware of the application.

             (3)  The Minister may intervene in relation to the application.

             (4)  If an application is made under subsection (1), the Commission may make the order if it is satisfied that:

                     (a)  the eligible entity or employer operates in an industry to which the award relates; and

                     (b)  the eligible entity or employer is not already bound by an award that includes outworker terms in respect of such an industry in relation to those terms; and

                     (c)  making the order is consistent with the objective of protecting the overall conditions of employment of outworkers.