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41: When bargaining may be initiated
or “When unions and employers can start talking about work agreements”
You could also call this:

“A union or employer starts talks for a group work agreement by sending a special letter to the other side.”

If you want to start bargaining for a collective agreement, you need to give a notice to the other party or parties you want to make the agreement with. This notice is how you begin the bargaining process.

The notice you give must be written down and signed by you or someone who represents you. In the notice, you need to list all the people or groups who will be part of the agreement. You also need to say what the agreement will cover or who it will apply to.

This process is the same whether you’re a union starting bargaining with an employer, or an employer starting bargaining with a union. The main thing is that you follow these rules to make sure your notice is proper and legal.

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Part 5 Collective bargaining
Bargaining

42How bargaining initiated

  1. A union or employer initiates bargaining for a collective agreement by giving to the intended party or parties to the agreement a notice that complies with subsection (2).

  2. A notice complies with this subsection if—

  3. it is in writing and signed by the union or the employer giving the notice or its duly authorised representative; and
    1. it identifies each of the intended parties to the collective agreement; and
      1. it identifies the intended coverage of the collective agreement.