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Employment Relations Act 2000

Collective bargaining - Undermining collective bargaining or collective agreement

59A: Interpretation

You could also call this:

“This explains what it means when people agree on something during talks about work rules.”

In sections 59B and 59C, the word “reached” has a special meaning when talking about terms or conditions in collective agreement bargaining. When you see “reached”, it means that the parties involved have agreed or accepted that a certain term or condition should be part of the final collective agreement if it’s concluded and ratified. This is like when you and your friends decide on a rule for your game, and you all agree it should be part of the game if you end up playing it.

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Part 5 Collective bargaining
Undermining collective bargaining or collective agreement

59AInterpretation

  1. In sections 59B and 59C, reached, in relation to a term or condition in bargaining for a collective agreement, means a term or condition that the parties have agreed or accepted should be a term or condition of the collective agreement if the agreement is concluded and ratified.

Notes
  • Section 59A: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86).