Common use of Commitment to Consultation Clause in Contracts

Commitment to Consultation. 19.1. The Hospital and Health Service and the QNMU are committed to ensuring that appropriate consultation occurs at all levels regarding nursing and midwifery matters. This includes involving employees and their union representatives in the decision-making processes affecting the nursing and midwifery workforce. 19.2. Employees will be encouraged to participate in the consultation processes by allowing adequate time to understand, analyse, seek appropriate advice from their union and respond to such information. 19.3. Consultation requires the exchange of timely information relevant to the issues at hand, and a genuine desire for the consideration of each party’s views, before making a final decision. 19.4. Organisational change - All significant organisational change and/or restructuring that will impact on the workforce (eg job reductions, deployment to new locations, major alterations to current service delivery arrangements) will be subject to the employer establishing such benefits in a business case which will be tabled for the purposes of consultation at the NaMCF. A business case is not required for minor changes or minor restructuring.

Commitment to Consultation. 19.1. The Hospital and Health Service and the QNMU QNU are committed to ensuring that appropriate consultation occurs at all levels regarding nursing and midwifery matters. This includes involving employees and their union representatives in the decision-making processes affecting the nursing and midwifery workforce. 19.2. Employees will be encouraged to participate in the consultation processes by allowing adequate time to understand, analyse, seek appropriate advice from their union and respond to such information. 19.3. Consultation requires the exchange of timely information relevant to the issues at hand, and a genuine desire for the consideration of each party’s views, before making a final decision. 19.4. Organisational change - All significant organisational change and/or restructuring that will impact on the workforce (eg job reductions, deployment to new locations, major alterations to current service delivery arrangements) will be subject to the employer establishing such benefits in a business case which will be tabled for the purposes of consultation at the NaMCF. A business case is not required for minor changes or minor restructuring.