Introduction
Each employer covered by a greenfields agreement must fill out a declaration using Form F20. Send this declaration within 14 days of the agreement being made.
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Who can use this form
Use Form F20 if:
- you are an employer that the agreement covers, or an officer or authorised employee acting on the employer's behalf
- you are lodging this declaration with Form F19 – Application for approval of greenfields agreement.
Note:
- if you made the agreement under section 182(4) of the Fair Work Act 2009, complete declaration Form 21B.
- if the agreement is not a greenfields agreement, complete declaration Form F17.
Before you start
Have this information ready before you begin. You will need to give or tell us:
- your details as the person making the declaration
- the name of the employer
- the name of the enterprise agreement
- the kind of work the agreement will cover
- details of the genuine new enterprise that the employer is setting up or planning to set up
- details of any similar enterprises the employer has or is planning to have
- the date the agreement was made
- how it would be in the public interest to approve the agreement.
We store your information in line with the Form F20 privacy notice (pdf).
Lodge now
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You must send us this declaration with application Form F19 no more than 14 days after the agreement is made.
Email your documents to lodge@fwc.gov.au.
You can also send or deliver your documents to the Commission office near you.
What happens next
As soon as possible after you lodge the declaration, you must send (serve) a copy to:
- each employer that the agreement covers AND
- each union that the agreement covers.
Rules and regulations for this form
Fair Work Act 2009: Section 185
Fair Work Commission Rules 2024: Rule 33(3), Rule 36 and Schedule 1