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Individual flexibility agreements
This chapter explains what individual flexibility agreements are for employees under modern awards or enterprise agreements, and the requirements for an IFA to be lawful.
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An individual flexibility agreement (IFA) is an agreement that allows individual employees covered by a modern award or enterprise agreement to agree to variations.
![What is an individual flexibility agreement?]()
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Every modern award and enterprise agreement contains a flexibility term allowing employers to enter into an IFA with employees.
![How do IFAs work?]()
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An award-based IFA is an IFA made under a flexibility term in a modern award that applies to the employer and the employee party to the IFA.
![Award-based IFAs]()
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All enterprise agreements made under the FW Act must contain a flexibility term.
![Agreement-based IFAs]()
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You can use IFAs to trade off conditions for other benefits.
![Can you use IFAs to trade off award or agreement conditions for other benefits?]()
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You can refuse an employee’s request for an IFA for reasonable business reasons.
![Can you refuse an employee’s request for an IFA?]()
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An IFA made under a flexibility term in a modern award or enterprise agreement must meet certain requirements.
![Checklist: Requirements of an IFA]()
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A flexibility term must allow either party to terminate an IFA.
![How to terminate an IFA]()
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