Making a collective agreement
536MK Making a collective agreement
This section provides for the making of an agreement (a collective agreement) between a regulated business and an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more regulated workers.
Collective agreement for employee‑like workers
A collective agreement may be made between a digital labour platform operator and an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more employee‑like workers, in respect of the following:
the terms and conditions on which employee‑like workers covered by the collective agreement perform digital platform work:
under a services contract to which the digital labour platform operator is a party; or
under a services contract arranged or facilitated through or by means of the digital labour platform operated by the digital labour platform operator;
how the collective agreement will operate.
For when a collective agreement covers a digital labour platform operator, an employee‑like worker or an organisation, see section 536JM.
Collective agreement for regulated road transport contractors
A collective agreement may be made between a road transport business and an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more regulated road transport contractors, in respect of the following:
the terms and conditions on which regulated road transport contractors covered by the collective agreement perform work under services contracts to which the road transport business is a party;
how the collective agreement will operate.
For when a collective agreement covers a road transport business, a regulated road transport contractor or an organisation, see section 536JM.
A collective agreement referred to in subsection (2) is an employee‑like worker collective agreement.
A collective agreement referred to in subsection (3) is a road transport collective agreement.
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