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An employer's application for approval of a new enterprise agreement has been rejected by the Fair Work Commission, which found it didn't pass the better-off-overall test and wasn't genuinely agreed to by the workforce.

According to FWC Deputy President Tony Slevin, Skilled Workforce Solutions failed to properly explain the terms of the agreement to its workers, in making "misleading" claims about the pay rise it provided.

The application sought to roll over most of the provisions of the previous agreement, which expired in 2023. The application would cover around 950 workers in the black coal industry in NSW...