Section 69R — Employment Relations Act 2000: Employer to notify employees if bargaining fee clause agreed to

69R Employer to notify employees if bargaining fee clause agreed to (1) If a bargaining fee clause is agreed to in a secret ballot, the employer must provide the employees referred to in section 69S(a) to (c) with a copy of the collective agreement that contains the bargaining fee clause and notify them in writing that— (a) their terms and conditions of employment will comprise the terms and conditions of employment specified in the collective agreement (including the obligation to pay a bargaining fee) on and from the later of the following: (i) the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (c) ; or (ii) the date on which the collective agreement comes into force; and (b) the bargaining fee will be deducted from their wages, specifying the amount of the bargaining fee; and (c) if an employee does not wish to pay the bargaining fee, the employee must notify the employer in writing within the period specified in the collective agreement for that purpose that the employee does not agree to pay the bargaining fee. (2) If an employee notifies his or her employer that the employee does not agree to pay the bargaining fee,— (a) the bargaining fee clause does not apply to the employee; and (b) the employee's terms and conditions of employment remain the same until such time as varied by agreement with the employer. Part 6B (comprising sections 69P to 69W) was inserted, as from 1 December 2004, by section 30 Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86). See section 73 of that Act for the transitional provisions.