Can industrial action be taken at any time during the bargaining period?
No. There are common requirements that an employer, employee or their bargaining representatives must meet for industrial action to be protected. These requirements include e.g. the bargaining representatives must be genuinely trying to reach agreement, the bargaining representatives must not have contravened any orders in relation to the industrial action or bargaining the bargaining representatives must have given proper notice of the industrial action the bargaining representatives must not have organised or engaged in industrial action before the nominal expiry date of the enterprise agreement there must be no suspension or termination order of the industrial action or serious breach declaration in operation.