AN160142 – Gold Mining Engineering and Maintenance Award

23. - CONSULTATION IN THE WORKPLACE

(1) The development of an effective consultative practice is important in the process of award restructuring and developing training programmes.

(2) Consultative mechanisms shall be implemented within an enterprise where agreement exists between the employer and the employees, or where established by the employer, or upon request by the employees or the union.

(3) Consultative mechanisms shall be appropriate to the size, structure and needs for consultation of the enterprise.

(4) Subject to subclause (3) above, there shall be equal representation on a consultative committee by the duly elected employee representatives.

(5) The objective of the parties involved in workplace consultation is to achieve consensus agreement on items discussed in that forum.