Date calculator for single enterprise agreement

Use this date calculator when you create  a single enterprise agreement. It is a tool to help ensure your process for agreement making and application for approval complies with the legislative timeframes in the Fair Work Act.

The date calculator is designed to be used alongside the information in Make an enterprise agreement and the NERR – Notice of employee representational rights. It is not comprehensive, nor a substitute for reading the specific provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009.

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Enter the date you started or will start the bargaining process.

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The tool will show you the timeline for each step.

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At the end, print the dates or save to your computer.

Notification time is generally the date you start (or agree to start) bargaining.
The last date that employees must be given the Notice of Employee Representational Rights (NERR). This must be no more than 14 days after notification time.
The date employees can begin to vote must be at least:
  • 21 clear days after the NERR date
  • 7 clear days ending before the vote starts.
The start of the ‘access period’ must be at least 7 clear days before voting starts. It is the deadline to tell employees:
  • about the vote
  • how to access the agreement
The vote can take place in a single day or over several weeks. An agreement is ‘made’ on the last day of voting when a majority of employees vote to approve it.
The deadline to lodge your application for approval with the Commission is 14 days after the agreement is 'made'.

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