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50K: Authority may determine that bargaining has concluded
or “The Employment Relations Authority can decide when talks between workers and bosses are finished.”
You could also call this:

“You can't ask for help if you haven't been fair in the talks.”

This section of the law was removed on 12 December 2018. It used to be about when the Employment Relations Authority could decide that bargaining had ended. The section said that if you didn’t act in good faith while bargaining, you couldn’t ask the Authority to declare that bargaining was over. This rule no longer applies because it has been taken out of the law.

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or “Employees must agree before the union can sign a new work agreement or make changes to an existing one”
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Part 5 Collective bargaining
Authority may determine that bargaining has concluded

50KADeclaration or determination under section 50K not to be made if breach of duty of good faith by party seeking declaration (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 50KA: repealed, on , by section 17 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 53).