Flexibility 6.1 An Employer and an Employee covered by this Agreement may agree to make an individual flexibility arrangement to vary the effect of terms of the Agreement if:
(a) the Agreement deals with one or more of the following matters:
(i) overtime rates;
(ii) penalty rates;
(iii) arrangements about when work is performed;
(iv) allowances; and
(v) leave loading.
(b) the arrangement meets the genuine needs of the Employer and Employee in relation to one or more of the matters mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(c) the arrangement is genuinely agreed to by the Employer and Employee.
6.2 The Employer must ensure that the terms of the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) are about permitted matters under section 172 of the Act; and
(b) are not unlawful terms under section 194 of the Act; and
(c) result in the Employee being better off overall than the Employee would be if no arrangement was made.
6.3 The Employer must ensure that the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) is in writing; and
(b) includes the name of the Employer and Employee; and
(c) is signed by the Employer and Employee and if the Employee is under 18 years of age, signed by a parent or guardian of the Employee; and
(d) includes details of:
(i) the terms of the Agreement that will be varied by the arrangement; and
(ii) how the arrangement will vary the effect of the terms; and
(iii) how the Employee will be better off overall in relation to the terms and conditions of his or her employment as a result of the arrangement; and
(e) states the day on which the arrangement commences.
6.4 The Employer must give the Employee a copy of the individual flexibility arrangement within 14 days after it is agreed to.
6.5 The Employer or the Employee may terminate the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) by giving no more than 28 days written notice to the other party to the arrangement; or
(b) if the Employer and Employee agree in writing — at any time.
Agreement Flexibility 8.1 An employer and employee covered by this enterprise agreement may agree to make an individual flexibility arrangement to vary the effect of terms of the agreement if:
(a) the agreement deals with 1 or more of the following matters:
(i) arrangements about when work is performed;
(ii) overtime rates;
(iii) penalty rates;
(iv) allowances;
(v) leave loading; and
(b) the arrangement meets the genuine needs of the employer and employee in relation to 1 or more of the matters mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(c) the arrangement is genuinely agreed to by the employer and employee.
8.2 The employer must ensure that the terms of the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) are about permitted matters under section 172 of the Fair Work Act 2009; and
(b) are not unlawful terms under section 194 of the Fair Work Act 2009; and
(c) result in the employee being better off overall than the employee would be if no arrangement was made.
8.3 The employer must ensure that the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) is in writing; and
(b) includes the name of the employer and employee; and
(c) is signed by the employer and employee and if the employee is under 18 years of age, signed by a parent or guardian of the employee; and
(d) includes details of:
(i) the terms of the enterprise agreement that will be varied by the arrangement; and
(ii) how the arrangement will vary the effect of the terms; and
(iii) how the employee will be better off overall in relation to the terms and conditions of his or her employment as a result of the arrangement; and
(e) states the day on which the arrangement commences.
8.4 The employer must give the employee a copy of the individual flexibility arrangement within 14 days after it is agreed to.
8.5 The employer or employee may terminate the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) by giving no more than 28 days written notice to the other party to the arrangement; or
(b) if the employer and employee agree in writing—at any time.
WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY The employer must ensure that any Individual Flexibility Agreement (IFA) is genuinely agreed to by the employer and the employee and result in the employee being better off overall at the time the IFA is made than the employee would have been if no IFA had been agreed to.
8.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the employer and an individual employee may agree to vary the application of certain terms of the Agreement to meet the genuine individual needs of the employer and the individual employee. The terms the employer and the individual employee may agree to vary are the application of those permitted under Section 172 of the FW Act, and relates only to:-
8.1.1 arrangements for when work is performed;
8.1.2 salary sacrifice arrangements;
8.1.3 reduction in ordinary hours; and
8.1.4 are not unlawful terms under Section 194 of the FW Act.
8.2 The employer and the individual employee must have genuinely made the IFA without coercion or duress. An IFA can only be entered into after the individual employee has commenced employment with the employer.
8.3 The IFA between the employer and the individual employee must:
8.3.1 be confined to a variation in the application of one or more of the terms listed in Clause 8.1; and
8.4 The IFA between the employer and the individual employee must also:
8.4.1 be in writing, name the parties to the IFA and be signed by the employer and the individual employee and, if the employee is under eighteen (18) years of age, the employee’s parent or guardian;
8.4.2 state each term of the Agreement that the employer and the individual employee have agreed to vary;
8.4.3 detail how the application of each term has been varied by agreement between the employer and the individual employee;
Reporting Frequency During any period of time when you are subject to the requirement in paragraph 1 of this award term and condition, you must report proceedings information through ▇▇▇ for the most recent five year period, either to report new information about any proceeding(s) that you have not reported previously or affirm that there is no new information to report. Recipients that have Federal contract, grant, and cooperative agreement awards with a cumulative total value greater than $10,000,000 must disclose semiannually any information about the criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings.
FLEXIBILITY TERM 19.1 Qube and an Employee covered by this Agreement may agree to make an individual flexibility arrangement to vary the effect of terms of the Agreement if:
(a) the agreement deals with 1 or more of the following matters:
(i) arrangements about when work is performed.
(ii) overtime rates;
(iii) penalty rates;
(iv) allowances;
(v) leave loading; and
(b) the arrangement meets the genuine needs of ▇▇▇▇ and an Employee in relation to 1 or more of the matters mentioned in paragraph 19.1(a); and
(c) the arrangement is genuinely agreed to by ▇▇▇▇ and Employee.
19.2 Qube must ensure that the terms of the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) are about permitted matters under section 172 of the FW Act; and
(b) are not unlawful terms under section 194 of the FW Act; and
(c) result in the Employee being better off overall than the Employee would be if no arrangement was made.
19.3 Qube must ensure that the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) is in writing; and
(b) includes the name of Qube and Employee; and
(c) is signed by ▇▇▇▇ and Employee and if the Employee is under 18 years of age, signed by a parent or guardian of the Employee; and
(d) includes details of:
(i) the terms of the Agreement that will be varied by the arrangement; and
(ii) how the arrangement will vary the effect of the terms; and
(iii) how the Employee will be better off overall in relation to the terms and conditions of his or her employment as a result of the arrangement; and
(e) states the day on which the arrangement commences.
19.4 Qube must give the Employee a copy of the individual flexibility arrangement within 14 days after it is agreed to.
19.5 Qube or the Employee may terminate the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) by giving no more than 28 days written notice to the other party to the arrangement; or
(b) if Qube and Employee agree in writing – at any time.
