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Strict Rules for Bargaining Notices Upheld as One Word Invalidates Enterprise Agreements

Two enterprise agreements have been deemed defective by the Full Federal Court (FFC) after Aldi referred to themselves as “leader” rather than “employer” in their bargaining Notice (Notice) to employees about their representational rights. The FFC upheld the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) decision and rejected Aldi’s submission that the word change was a “trivial matter”. […]

Remember to dot the I’s and cross the T’s

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Two recent decisions of the FWC have once again highlighted the importance of strict adherence to the requirements in FWC forms, particularly those pertaining to bargaining for and approval of an enterprise agreement (‘EA’). In Uniline Australia Limited [2016], the Full Bench declined to approve the EA on the basis of the deficient Notice of […]