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FAIR PAY AGREEMENTS ACT 2022 - SECT 141

141 Delayed commencement provision

1 The bargaining sides must approve an employer’s application for delayed commencement of 1 or more terms only if satisfied that—

a) declining the employer’s application would result in a less favourable overall outcome for the employer’s employees than approving the application; and

b) delaying commencement of the term or terms will allow the employer to arrange its business so that applying the proposed agreement will no longer result in a less favourable outcome for the employer’s employees.

2 A delay to the commencement of 1 or more terms of a proposed agreement must be for less than 12 months.

3 If the bargaining sides approve an employer’s application, the proposed agreement must be amended so that the commencement term specifies,—

a) for each term to which the approval relates,—

i) the name of the employer; and

ii) the date on which the term will commence for the employer; and

b) the commencement date for the remainder of the proposed agreement.