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Employment Relations Act 2000

Collective bargaining - Bargaining

44A: Employer may opt out of bargaining for collective agreement, or for agreement to join collective agreement, involving 2 or more employers

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“Bosses can choose not to join group talks with other bosses about worker agreements.”

This section of the law used to explain how an employer could choose not to take part in talks for a collective agreement when the agreement involved two or more employers. However, this part of the law no longer exists. It was removed on 12 December 2018. This means that employers can no longer use this option.

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Part 5 Collective bargaining
Bargaining

44AEmployer may opt out of bargaining for collective agreement, or for agreement to join collective agreement, involving 2 or more employers (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 44A: repealed, on , by section 16 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 53).