Employment Relations Amendment Act 2018

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  • Corrections have been made to section 2(a)(v) and the Schedule on 13 December 2018 under section 25(1)(j)(iii) & (v) of the Legislation Act 2012.
19 Section 54 amended (Form and content of collective agreement)

(1)

After section 54(3)(a)(i), insert:

(ii)

the rates of wages or salary payable to employees bound by the agreement; and

(2)

After section 54(3), insert:

(4)

For the purposes of subsection (3)(a)(ii), a collective agreement contains the rates of wages or salary payable to employees bound by the agreement if it—

(a)

contains, in respect of the employees bound by the collective agreement (whether by reference to the work or types of work done by the employees or by reference to named employees or types of employees),—

(i)

the rates of wages or salary payable for certain work or types of work or to certain employees or types of employees; or

(ii)

the minimum rates of wages or salary payable for certain work or types of work or to certain employees or types of employees; or

(iii)

1 or more methods of calculating the rates or minimum rates of wages or salary payable for certain work or types of work or to certain employees or types of employees; and

(b)

indicates how the rate of wages or salary payable to an employee bound by the agreement may increase during the term of the agreement.