Section 208 — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Employers may request employees to approve a proposed variation of an enterprise agreement

(1) An employer covered by an enterprise agreement may request the affected employees for a proposed variation of the agreement to approve the proposed variation by voting for it.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the employer may request that the affected employees vote by ballot or by an electronic method.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 206 — Base rate of pay under an enterprise agreement must not be less than the modern award rate or the national minimum wage order rate etc.
s 207 — Variation of an enterprise agreement may be made by employers and employees
s 207A — Agreement of employee organisations covered by the agreement
s 209 — When a variation of an enterprise agreement is made
s 210 — Application for the FWC’s approval of a variation of an enterprise agreement
s 211 — When the FWC must approve a variation of an enterprise agreement

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