Section 200 — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Outworkers

Application of this section

(1) This section applies if:

(a) an employee who is an outworker is covered by an enterprise agreement; and

(b) a modern award that is in operation and covers the employee includes outworker terms.

Agreement must include outworker terms etc.

(2) The FWC must be satisfied that:

(a) the agreement includes terms of that kind; and

(b) those terms of the agreement are not detrimental to the employee in any respect when compared to the outworker terms of the modern award.

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Related sections

s 197 — Pieceworkers—enterprise agreement includes pieceworker term
s 198 — Pieceworkers—enterprise agreement does not include a pieceworker term
s 199 — School‑based apprentices and school‑based trainees
s 201 — Approval decision to note certain matters
s 202 — Enterprise agreements to include a flexibility term etc.
s 203 — Requirements to be met by a flexibility term

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