Chapter IX: General Provisions
199. Contracts of employment may not disregard or waive collective agreements or arbitration awards

1. A contract of employment, whether concluded before or after the coming into operation of any applicable collective agreement or arbitration award, may not-

1. permit an employee to be paid remuneration that is less than that prescribed by that collective agreement or arbitration award;

2. permit an employee to be treated in a manner, or to be granted any benefit, that is less favourable than that prescribed by that collective agreement or arbitration award; or

3. waive the application of any provision of that collective agreement or arbitration award.

2. A provision in any contract that purports to permit or grant any payment, treatment, benefit, waiver or exclusion prohibited by subsection (1) is invalid.