Section 209 — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Single‑enterprise agreement

(1) If the affected employees of an employer, or each employer, covered by a single‑enterprise agreement have been asked to approve a proposed variation under subsection 208(1), the variation is made when a majority of the affected employees who cast a valid vote approve the variation.

Multi‑enterprise agreement

(2) If the affected employees of each employer covered by a multi‑enterprise agreement have been asked to approve a proposed variation under subsection 208(1), the variation is made when a majority of the affected employees of each individual employer who cast a valid vote have approved the variation.

Related sections

• 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 208 — Employers may request employees to approve a proposed variation of an enterprise agreement
• 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
• s 212 — FWC may approve a variation of an enterprise agreement with undertakings

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