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Federal collective agreements are now lodged and approved by the Office Of The Employment Advocate whilst state agreements are certified within the appropriate state Industrial Relations Commission.

Unlike Award s, which provide similar standards for all workers in one industry covered by a specific award, collective agreements usually apply only to workers for one employer - although there are occasions where a short term collaborative agreement, for example on a building site yields a multi-employer/employee agreement.

On the one hand collective agreements, at least in principle are created so as to be of benefit to employers, as they allow for improved "flexibility" in such areas as ordinary hours, flat rates of hourly pay, performance related conditions etc whilst on the other hand benefit workers as agreements usually provide higher pay, bonuses, additional leave and enhanced entitlements such as redundancy pay than the award does.