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44B: How to opt out
or “This section used to explain how workers could choose not to be part of collective bargaining, but it's no longer part of the law.”

You could also call this:

“This explains what happens when you choose not to be part of a group agreement at work.”

This part of the law has been removed. It used to talk about what happens when you opt out of bargaining, but it no longer applies. The government took this section out of the Employment Relations Act 2000 on 12 December 2018. If you want to know more about the current rules for bargaining at work, you’ll need to look at other parts of this law or ask someone who knows about employment rules.

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Next up: 45: One or more unions proposing to initiate bargaining with 2 or more employers for single collective agreement

or “ Unions need special voting before they can ask many bosses to make one big work agreement together ”