AN160141 – Gold Mining Consolidated Award 1980
(1) Employers and employees at an enterprise, work site or section thereof may raise for discussion any award matter concerning increasing flexibility or efficiency.
(2) Where employers and employees at an enterprise work site or section reach agreement to provide for more flexible working arrangements and efficiencies at the enterprise and it is necessary to amend the terms of the award to give effect to the agreement reached, the parties shall establish an enterprise agreement in consultation with the Union.
(3) Where an enterprise agreement is agreed or proposed it shall be submitted to the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission for ratification.
(4) An enterprise agreement shall not reduce the minimum wages payable as prescribed in Schedule 1 - Rates of Pay of the award.
(5) An enterprise agreement shall only be made where an employer and the majority of employees at the individual enterprise, work site or section thereof genuinely consent to the agreement. The terms of the agreement shall be made in writing.
(6) An application shall be made to the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission to implement the terms of the enterprise agreement, provided that an employers right to make an application without such agreement is not prejudiced, nor shall the unions rights to object to ratification be prejudiced.
