Local Consultative Committee. The Enterprise Bargaining Consultative Committee (EBCC) will be renamed the Local Consultative Committee (LCC). • The LCC will be able to consider and provide advice about workload issues, not just issues relating to the implementation of the EA. • Decision making remains with the employer as is the case in the current EA. • A school/college LCC is established each year when teaching, school officer and services staff representatives are elected as members after an expression of interest process initiated by the principal by week 5 of Term 1 each year. • An IEU-QNT school/college representative must also be a member of the LCC. • An LCC will not be established in a school/college in a school year if there are insufficient members to be on the LCC. • Membership of the LCC is voluntary. • During 2024, the LCC may provide a report for the consideration of the principal (by the start of Term 3) outlining strategies believed to better manage workload. The principal will consider the report and provide a copy to the Diocesan education office by the end of Term 4 advising of the strategies implemented (or to be implemented) at the school that in the prerogative of the principal are believed to better manage workload. • By the end of Term 2, 2025, the Diocesan education office will consider the reports from school/college LCCs and identify any systemic workload issues that may be better managed and inform all employees of the strategies implemented (or to be implemented) as a result. Consultation in Managing Significant Change from Regulatory Requirements (2.3) • As mentioned above, the clause has been changed to make it clear that there are consultation obligations in implementing changes that: - result from regulatory requirements; and - are likely to have significant effects on employees (defined in clause 2.2). • In the above circumstances, consultation will be with the LCC and the employees affected. • The employer may also trial the changes in a school/college, which would also be the subject of consultation with the groups mentioned above. Procedures for Preventing and Settling Dispute (2.4) • This clause has been amended to reflect the provisions of the contemporary model dispute term outlined in the Act. • However, the procedures to settle a dispute can still be applied to “any industrial matter” and referred to the Fair Work Commission. Redundancy (2.6) • The provisions have been streamlined so that clauses have been removed where the entitlements are ou...
Local Consultative Committee. This is Schedule 5 of the current agreement moved into the body of the proposed agreement with changes. This clause has been updated to include references to the diversity target groups in the Public Sector Act 2022, minor grammar fixes and specifically provides for LCC membership to comprise two United Workers’ Union nominees, one Cleaner and one Teacher Aide (refer clause 2.4(e)).
Local Consultative Committee. (a) The aim of a Local Consultative Committee (LCC) is to act as a forum whereby issues relating to the operation of the Agreement or local industrial matters can be tabled. The outcome is to resolve local issues and identify issues to be escalated to the National Consultative Committee in a consultative manner.
Local Consultative Committee. This is clause 3.1 of the current agreement. There is no change to this clause.
