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Employees stuck on five-year deal despite court finding employer misled them

In a case that has exposed a major hole in Work Choices’ agreement-making provisions, the Federal Court has refused to declare void a five-year non-union collective deal despite finding the employer misled employees about its contents before they voted it up. And, in a further ruling that the SDA says “leaves employees hanging over a cliff”, the court also held that even if it did void the deal, the workers’ previous agreement would not be revived – meaning they would fall back onto the Work Choices minimum standards.