An enterprise agreement is an agreement made between an employer and its staff that sets out the terms and conditions of employment.
The Flinders University Enterprise Agreement 2019-2022 took effect on Friday 20 September 2019 and has a nominal expiry date of 30 June 2022.
Enterprise Bargaining is the process by which an employer, its staff and the unions representing them, negotiate conditions of employment for a proposed agreement.
Once bargaining is complete and a draft enterprise agreement has been drawn up, it must be submitted to a vote by the staff who will be covered by the agreement.
To come into operation, an agreement must be supported by a majority of staff who vote ‘yes’ to approve the agreement. It must be also approved by the Fair Work Commission.
The current Flinders University Enterprise Agreement 2019 (the EA) nominally expires 30 June 2022. In accordance with clause 4.2 of the EA, negotiations for a new Agreement are to commence early May 2022. The current agreement will continue to operate until it is replaced by a new agreement.
Please email any questions or comments regarding this process to eb@flinders.edu.au for response by the Workplace Relations Team.
The University is committed to bargaining in good faith and to working cooperatively with our staff and your bargaining representatives to achieve the best outcome. Everyone involved in the bargaining process is required by the Fair Work Act to bargain in good faith, which means the University, unions and staff and their representatives must:
As required by section 173 of the Fair Work Act 2009, staff members were issued with a Notice of Employee Representational Rights (NERR). This allows staff to exercise their right to nominate a bargaining representative. Where staff are a member of a union, they will be automatically represented by their union unless they appoint another person in writing.
The NERR was issued to all staff via email on 28 March 2022.
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