Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150:section:169
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 169
Character Range: 505626–508082

169  Guide to this Part

      This Part is about enterprise agreements. An enterprise agreement is made at the enterprise level and provides terms and conditions for those national system employees to whom it applies. An enterprise agreement can have terms that are ancillary or supplementary to the National Employment Standards.
      Division 2 deals with the making of enterprise agreements about permitted matters. An enterprise agreement (including a greenfields agreement) may be a single‑enterprise agreement or a multi‑enterprise agreement.
      Division 3 deals with the right of employees to be represented by a bargaining representative during bargaining for a proposed enterprise agreement. It also sets out the persons who are bargaining representatives for such agreements.
      Subdivision A of Division 4 deals with the approval of proposed enterprise agreements by employees and sets out when an enterprise agreement is made.
      Subdivision B of Division 4 deals with the approval of enterprise agreements by the FWC. The remaining Subdivisions of the Division deal with certain approval requirements, including in relation to genuine agreement by employees and the better off overall test.
      Division 5 deals with the mandatory terms of enterprise agreements relating to individual flexibility arrangements, consultation requirements and the rights of workplace delegates.
      Division 6 deals with the base rate of pay under an enterprise agreement.
      Division 7 deals with the variation and termination of enterprise agreements.
      Division 8 provides for the FWC to facilitate bargaining by making bargaining orders, intractable bargaining declarations, majority support determinations and scope orders. It also permits bargaining representatives to apply for the FWC to deal with bargaining disputes.
      Division 9 provides for the making of supported bargaining authorisations in relation to proposed multi‑enterprise agreements. The effect of such an authorisation is that specified employers are subject to certain rules that would not otherwise apply (for example, bargaining orders that would not usually be available for multi‑enterprise agreements will be available). It also permits the FWC to assist the bargaining representatives for such agreements.
      Division 10 deals with single interest employer authorisations.
      Division 11 deals with other matters relating to enterprise agreements.