New Zealand Repealed Acts

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FAIR PAY AGREEMENTS ACT 2022 - SECT 156

156 Ratification process

1 For a proposed agreement to be ratified, there must be—

a) a vote of the covered employees; and

b) a vote of the covered employers.

2 For the purpose of subsection (1)(a),—

a) each covered employee who is entitled to vote is entitled to 1 vote:

b) the covered employees ratify the proposed agreement if more than half of the employees who vote, vote in favour of ratification.

3 For the purpose of subsection (1)(b),—

a) a covered employer who has—

i) fewer than 21 employees who the employer considers are entitled to vote is entitled to the number of votes set out in the second column of Schedule 2 that is opposite the number of the employer’s covered employees (and who are entitled to vote) set out in the first column:

ii) 21 or more employees who the employer considers are entitled to vote is entitled to 1 vote for each of those employees (for example, if a covered employer has 25 employees who the employer considers are entitled to vote, the employer has 25 votes):

b) the covered employers ratify the proposed agreement if more than half of the votes from those employers are in favour of ratification.