Industrial Relations Act 2016

A negotiated agreement is a written agreement—

about the remuneration and working conditions of independent couriers engaged by a principal contractor in relation to a class of courier service contracts; and

that has been certified under division 3.

A negotiated agreement for a class of courier service contracts is made between—

a party or parties representing 1 or more principal contractors under the class of courier service contracts, as mentioned in subsection (3); and

a party or parties representing independent couriers engaged under the class of courier service contracts, as mentioned in subsection (4).

For subsection (2)(a), the party or parties are—

1 principal contractor; or

2 or more principal contractors, collectively taken to be 1 party to the negotiated agreement, who—

are related bodies corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Act; or

are engaged in a joint venture or common enterprise; or

undertake similar work; or

an employer organisation or federal organisation of employers that represents, or is entitled to represent, 1 or more principal contractors.

For subsection (2)(b), the party or parties are—

1 or more employee organisations that represent, or are entitled to represent, the independent couriers who are, or are eligible to be, members of the organisation; or

a group of the independent couriers at the time the agreement is made, whether all or a category of the independent couriers, who are collectively taken to be 1 party to the negotiated agreement.