Step 9: Lodging your application

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How to lodge your application & documents

Email your application and documents to the relevant State or Territory Commission office.

You must notify the employees who will be covered by the agreement, through your usual means of communication (for example, by email), that you have applied to the Commission for approval of the agreement.

Important

Make sure you lodge your application within 14 days of the agreement being made. The Commission may not be able to approve the agreement if the application is not lodged in time.

What you need to lodge with the Commission for a single enterprise agreement

Application form F16

Form F16 – Application for approval of enterprise agreement (other than a greenfields agreement)

Employer's declaration form F17

Form F17 – Employer’s declaration in support of an application for approval of an enterprise agreement.

The responses you provide in the Form F17 declaration, along with the terms of the agreement, will help the Commission determine if the requirements and timelines have been complied with.
To assist the Member to make their decision and reduce delays in the approval process you should also provide copies of any materials provided to employees that:
- notify them of the time and place at which the vote was to occur and the voting method to be used, and
- explain the terms of the agreement and the effect of those terms.

A copy of the NERR

A copy of the notice of employee representational rights that was given to employees during bargaining.

A correctly signed copy of the agreement.

The agreement must:

be signed by you (the employer) and an employee representative, and
include the printed name of each signatory, their address, and an explanation of the person’s authority to sign the agreement, that is their role or position title (see the Regulations, reg. 2.06A).

Important

The signed copy of the agreement must include the full name and address of each person who signs the agreement; and an explanation of the person’s authority to sign the agreement (that is their role). Please note the agreement will be published on the Commission’s website so to protect your privacy, you may use your business address rather than your home address.

Copies of any materials given to employees.

Copies of any materials given to employees related to the making and voting of the agreement and its effect, as well as information about their representational rights and the voting process.

Employee organisation declaration Form F18 or employee representative declaration Form F18A if applicable.

If bargaining representatives were involved in the agreement making process, they may wish to advise the Commission about whether they support approval of the agreement or agree with the statements in the employer’s Form F17. They can do this by lodging a completed:

Any other supporting material.

You should also be sure to include any other supporting material, including documents referred to in your application, such as classification matching.

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27 January 2021

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