AP834748 - Industrial Catering, Cleaning and Incidental Services (AWU and LHMU) Award 2000

PART 2 – AWARD FLEXIBILITY 

8. ENTERPRISE FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS

(See ss.113A and 113B of the Act)

Where an employer or employees wish to pursue an agreement at the enterprise or workplace about how the award should be varied so as to make the enterprise or workplace operate more efficiently according to its particular needs the following process shall apply:

8.1 A consultative mechanism and procedures appropriate to the size, structure and needs of the enterprise or workplace shall be established.

8.2 For the purpose of the consultative process the employees may nominate the Union or another to represent them.

8.3 During the consultative process the employer shall keep the employees informed about the proposed agreement and the implications it may have in relation to their terms and conditions of employment.

8.4 Where agreement is reached an application shall be made to the Commission.