Access to the award and the National Employment Standards The employer must ensure that a copy of this award and the NES are available to all employees to whom they apply either on a noticeboard which is conveniently located at or near the workplace or through electronic means, whichever makes them more accessible. The National Employment Standards and this award The and this award contain the minimum conditions of employment for employees covered by this award. Individual flexibility arrangements [Varied by , ; 7—Award flexibility renamed and substituted by ppc 01Nov18] Despite anything else in this award, an employer and an individual employee may agree to vary the application of the terms of this award relating to any of the following in order to meet the genuine needs of both the employee and the employer: arrangements for when work is performed; or overtime rates; or penalty rates; or allowances; or annual leave loading. An agreement must be one that is genuinely made by the employer and the individual employee without coercion or duress. An agreement may only be made after the individual employee has commenced employment with the employer. An employer who wishes to initiate the making of an agreement must: give the employee a written proposal; and if the employer is aware that the employee has, or reasonably should be aware that the employee may have, limited understanding of written English, take reasonable steps (including providing a translation in an appropriate language) to ensure that the employee understands the proposal. An agreement must result in the employee being better off overall at the time the agreement is made than if the agreement had not been made. An agreement must do all of the following: state the names of the employer and the employee; and identify the award term, or award terms, the application of which is to be varied; and set out how the application of the award term, or each award term, is varied; and
Access to the award and the National Employment Standards The employer must ensure that a copy of this award and the NES are available to all employees to whom they apply either on a noticeboard which is conveniently located at or near the workplace or through electronic means, whichever makes them more accessible. The National Employment Standards and this award The and this award contain the minimum conditions of employment for employees covered by this award. Individual flexibility arrangements [Varied by , ; 7—Award flexibility renamed and substituted by ppc 01Nov18] Despite anything else in this award, an employer and an individual employee may agree to vary the application of the terms of this award relating to any of the following in order to meet the genuine needs of both the employee and the employer: arrangements for when work is performed; or overtime rates; or penalty rates; or allowances; or annual leave loading. An agreement must be one that is genuinely made by the employer and the individual employee without coercion or duress. An agreement may only be made after the individual employee has commenced employment with the employer. An employer who wishes to initiate the making of an agreement must: give the employee a written proposal; and if the employer is aware that the employee has, or reasonably should be aware that the employee may have, limited understanding of written English, take reasonable steps (including providing a translation in an appropriate language) to ensure that the employee understands the proposal. An agreement must result in the employee being better off overall at the time the agreement is made than if the agreement had not been made. An agreement must do all of the following: state the names of the employer and the employee; and identify the award term, or award terms, the application of which is to be varied; and set out how the application of the award term, or each award term, is varied; and