these two certain parties. requirements are met. Conditions Both parties To establish a To establish a must agree to bargaining statutory a collective council council, there agreement. must be must be 30% enough representation representation on both sides. in both the This means unions and the that at least employers’ 30% of the organisations. employers in Representation the sector must be must employ acceptable to at least 30% (the National of the Economic workers. Development and Labour Council) Bargaining Unions that Rights council agents are members monitor and of a statutory enforce any council will collective agreements organisational and have the rights of to issue access, compliance meetings, orders, to ballots and publish the stop-order contents of facilitites, collective even in a agreements workplace and to conduct that has no investigations union into members. complaints. The Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council
these two parties. certain requirements are met. Conditions Both parties must agree to a collective agreement. To establish a bargaining council must be enough representation in both the unions and the employers’ organisations. Representation must be acceptable to (the National Economic Development and Labour Council) To establish a statutory council, there must be 30% representation on both sides. This means that at least 30% of the employers in the sector must employ at least 30% of the workers. Rights Bargaining council agents monitor and enforce any collective agreements and have the to issue compliance orders, to publish the contents of collective agreements and to conduct investigations into complaints. Unions that are members of a statutory council will organisational rights of access, meetings, ballots and stop-order facilitites, even in a workplace that has no union members. The Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council
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