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Enterprise agreement support, from preparation to approval

Most of what you achieve in bargaining is settled before it formally begins. Australian Industry Group works with employers through the whole process — reviewing the current agreement, building a position, negotiating, and getting it approved.

Book a 30-minute scoping call

Download the readiness checklist

Where are you in the cycle?

Different stages need different things. Pick the one that fits.

More than 12 months out

Time to review what isn't working and model the cost of changing it. Start with the readiness checklist.

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Inside 12 months

The preparation window, and where most of the outcome is decided. Worth a conversation now.

Book a scoping call →

Expired or expiring now

Your agreement continues to operate, but you're negotiating without runway. Speak to an adviser today.

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What we help with

Reviewing your current agreement against how the operation actually runs

Modelling the cost of proposed changes before you commit to them

Building and testing the bargaining position

Notice of Employee Representational Rights and procedural requirements

Negotiation support, including at the table

Drafting and approval application

Fair Work Commission representation where needed

Preparing to bargain

Nine months out, you have options. Three months out, you have deadlines.

Nine months out

Review the current agreement. Identify what hasn't worked. Model the cost of change.

Six months out

Settle the bargaining position. Brief the leadership team. Issue the NERR.

Three months out

Formal bargaining opens. Employee consultation.

At expiry

Vote, approval application, Commission consideration.

Timelines vary by agreement and by industry. This is the shape, not a schedule.

Advisers who do this every week

We advise employers on enterprise agreements across industries and across the country — from single-site operations to national agreements covering thousands of employees.

That breadth matters in bargaining. It means the advice you get is grounded in what employers are actually agreeing to and what the Commission is actually approving, rather than what the legislation permits in principle.

It also means most of the problems you are about to encounter are ones we have seen before.

Agreements advised on each year

Years advising Australian employers

Industries covered

Talk to an adviser

Thirty minutes, no obligation. We'll look at your current agreement, when it expires, and what the preparation timeline realistically looks like from where you are now.