PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AGREEMENT. The purpose of this agreement is to provide a framework for Thuringowa City Council to be a leading Local Government through the achievement of on-going productivity and efficiency and by striving to excel in the provision of community services. This will be achieved through the following objectives: • To provide a framework for flexibility within the work environment, to ensure that customer needs are promptly and efficiently met. • Increase both accountability and responsiveness to the community and deliver significant benefits to the customers of the Council. • Participation by Council, Management, Employees and their nominated representatives and customers in the improvement process particularly in the development of more efficient work practices and quality improvement. • Achieve best practice in areas of service levels to customers and equal employment opportunity, occupational health and safety and environmental performance. • Develop a team approach and a more cooperative working environment; and • Ensure non discriminatory practices and procedures are in place. • To provide a framework within the work environment to better meet the needs of the existing and future employees, recognising the increasing diversity of those employees and their changing needs.
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AGREEMENT. This Agreement facilitates a workplace that is responsive to a changing environment. Management and employees can then anticipate and react to pressures from the community, business and government sectors. Accordingly it assists the City and its employees to maximise efficiency and effectiveness. This process will include the following elements:
a. Provide greater flexibility in workplace practices and facilitate improved efficiency, productivity and quality of employment and provide rewards and recognition commensurate with these improvements.
b. Commit to achieving continued productivity improvements to ensure provision of a quality service to the community and the City’s customers.
c. Promote a harmonious and productive work environment through ongoing cooperation and consultation.
d. Commit to maintaining a healthy and safe work environment.
e. Ensure the City maintains a viable, effective and secure workforce.
f. Promote job satisfaction by enabling employees to gain and utilise a broad range of skills and access relevant training programmes in order that employees can achieve these objectives.
g. The Parties will be committed to and cooperate with the terms of this Agreement to ensure its ongoing success.
h. Provide employment security and improved wages and conditions for employees.
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AGREEMENT. 8.1. The purpose of this Agreement is to:
(a) clearly affirm the pivotal roles of the Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander Health Workforce, in collaboration with other health professions, to improve health outcomes for Queenslanders;
(b) recognise the unique skills, cultural expertise and community focus the Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander Health Workforce brings to their roles;
(c) reflect contemporary qualifications, service and workforce models that is adaptive to future change;
(d) ensure the Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander Health Workforce has the recognition, resources and support to thrive in their workplace, stretch professionally, and participate in governance;
(e) provide participation and growth in health, future and current workforces under one stream classification, and provide pathways to other health professional careers; and
(f) improve the working conditions of all staff in relation to attraction and retention, managing workload issues and enhancing functions and roles through meaningful consultation with employees and their representatives.
8.2. The parties to this Agreement are committed to the following objectives:
(a) delivering better health, employment and socio-economic outcomes for Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people, and progressing towards eliminating the gap between Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander and non-Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander Australians (Closing the Gap);
(b) achieving health equity for, and the delivery of responsive, capable and culturally competent health care to, Aboriginal people and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people;
(c) acknowledging that skills, knowledge and experience in Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander health and cultural competence is relevant expertise required for a Hospital and Health Service to perform its functions effectively and efficiently;
(d) maintaining and improving the public health system to serve the needs of the Queensland community;
(e) maintenance of a stable industrial relations environment;
(f) continuous improvement and promotion of work health and safety;
(g) improvement and maintenance of quality health services;
(h) a joint approach to a future reform program to identify and implement more flexible and efficient industrial arrangements;
(i) collectively striving to achieve quality outcomes for patients;
(j) maximising permanent employment including conversion of non-permanent employees;
(k) employment security;
(l) attraction and retention of emp...
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AGREEMENT. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide a framework for Xxxxxxx Shire Council to be a leading Local Government through the achievement of on-going productivity and efficiency and by striving to excel in the provision of community services. This will be achieved through the following objectives: • To provide a framework for flexibility within the work environment, to ensure that customer needs are promptly and efficiently met. • Striving for continuing improvement in quality, effectiveness, efficiency and productivity while operating in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. • Enhancing the contribution and satisfaction of everyone by facilitating the acquisition and application of skills relevant to the Organisation’s needs. • Developing and implementing conditions of employment that applies uniformly and in a non-discriminatory manner. • Demonstrating a valuing of employees by identifying knowledge, experience and skills of all employees through performance management and outcomes • Enhancing quality through improved systems and processes • Reflecting commitment to fair and equitable human resources practices • Ensuring that all Customers, Council and Staff share gains from improved productivity. • Providing mechanisms for the above to occur using a consultative approach.
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AGREEMENT. The Agreement is entered by West Goshen and the Participating Municipalities in order to cooperatively purchase the Software, hardware and support services that are identified on Exhibit 1 of the Master Agreement in order to upgrade the MetroAlert software. The Agreement is also entered to give West Goshen and the Participating Municipalities maintenance, support, migration, installation and other professional services from CentralSquare as outlined in the Master Agreement.
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AGREEMENT
