Common use of Union Representatives’ Rights and Obligations Clause in Contracts

Union Representatives’ Rights and Obligations. (a) The role of the Union workplace representatives and other elected Union representatives is to be respected and facilitated. (b) An employee may have a Union representative to represent the employee in a dispute or significant workplace matter and make representations on behalf of the employee. (c) The Department and Union workplace representatives must deal with each other in good faith. (d) The rights and obligations of Union workplace representatives will be underpinned by the following principles: (i) workplace representatives will be able to perform their role without any discrimination in their employment; (ii) ability for representatives to represent their members in the workplace (e.g. during enterprise agreement bargaining, on joint consultative committees, for consultation during change, and/or to represent members generally); (iii) the ability for representatives to have access to paid time to consult with employees; (iv) reasonable access to agency facilities (including telephone; facsimile, photocopying, internet and email facilities, meeting rooms) for the purpose of work as a Union representative; (v) the opportunity to inform staff about Union membership; (vi) the ability to represent employees at an industrial tribunal; (vii) maintenance of the confidentiality of Departmental information as well as information about NTPS employees; (viii) all parties behaving in a professional, productive and ethical manner; (ix) representatives being expected to carry out their normal duties; and (x) the ability for an official to ‘walk around’ a workplace to hold individual discussion contingent on the nature of the work being performed in the workplace subject to discussion with and prior approval of the CEO. Approval for ‘walk around’ will not be unreasonably withheld.

Union Representatives’ Rights and Obligations. (a) The role of the Union workplace representatives and other elected Union representatives is to be respected and facilitated. (b) An employee may have a Union representative to represent the employee in a dispute or significant workplace matter and make representations on behalf of the employee. (c) The Department and Union workplace representatives must deal with each other in good faith. (d) The rights and obligations of Union workplace representatives will be underpinned by the following principles: (i) workplace representatives will be able to perform their role without any discrimination in their employment; (ii) ability for representatives to represent their members in the workplace (e.g. during enterprise agreement bargaining, on joint consultative committees, for consultation during change, and/or to represent members generally); (iii) the ability for representatives to have access to paid time to consult with employees; (iv) reasonable access to agency facilities (including telephone; facsimile, photocopying, internet and email facilities, meeting rooms) for the purpose of work as a Union representative; (v) the opportunity to inform staff about Union membership; (vi) the ability to represent employees at an industrial tribunal; (vii) maintenance of the confidentiality of Departmental information as well as information about NTPS employees; (viii) all parties behaving in a professional, productive and ethical manner; (ix) representatives being expected to carry out their normal duties; and (x) the ability for an official to ‘walk around’ a workplace to hold individual discussion contingent on the nature of the work being performed in the workplace subject to discussion with and prior approval of the CEO. Approval for ‘walk around’ will not be unreasonably withheld.

Union Representatives’ Rights and Obligations. (a) The role of the Union workplace representatives and other elected Union representatives is to be respected and facilitated. (b) An employee may have a Union representative to represent the employee in a dispute or significant workplace matter and make representations on behalf of the employee. (c) The Department and Union workplace representatives must deal with each other in good faith. (d) The rights and obligations of Union workplace representatives will be underpinned by the following principles: (i) i. workplace representatives will be able to perform their role without any discrimination in their employment; (ii) . ability for representatives to represent their members in the workplace (e.g. during enterprise agreement bargaining, on joint consultative committees, for consultation during change, and/or to represent members generally); (iii) . the ability for representatives to have access to paid time to consult with employees; (iv) . reasonable access to agency facilities (including telephone; facsimile, photocopying, internet and email facilities, meeting rooms) for the purpose of work as a Union representative; (v) v. the opportunity to inform staff about Union membership; (vi) . the ability to represent employees at an industrial tribunal; (vii) . maintenance of the confidentiality of Departmental information as well as information about NTPS employees; (viii) . all parties behaving in a professional, productive and ethical manner; (ix) . representatives being expected to carry out their normal duties; and (x) x. the ability for an official to ‘walk around’ a workplace to hold individual discussion contingent on the nature of the work being performed in the workplace subject to discussion with and prior approval of the CEO. Approval for ‘walk around’ will not be unreasonably withheld.. Part 4 Employment Relationship‌

Union Representatives’ Rights and Obligations. (a) The role of the Union workplace representatives and other elected Union representatives is to be respected and facilitated. (b) An employee may have a Union representative to represent the employee in a dispute or significant workplace matter and make representations on behalf of the employee. (c) The Department and Union workplace representatives must deal with each other in good faith. (d) The rights and obligations of Union workplace representatives will be underpinned by the following principles: (i) workplace Union representatives will be able to perform their role without any discrimination in their employment; (ii) ability for Union representatives to represent their members in the workplace (e.g. during enterprise agreement bargaining, on joint consultative committees, for consultation during change, and/or to represent members generally); (iii) the ability for Union representatives to have access to paid time to consult with employees; (iv) reasonable access to agency facilities (including telephone; facsimile, photocopying, internet and email facilities, meeting rooms) for the purpose of work as a Union representative; (v) the opportunity to inform staff about Union membership; (vi) the ability to represent employees at an industrial tribunal; (vii) maintenance of the confidentiality of Departmental information as well as information about NTPS employees; (viii) all parties behaving in a professional, productive and ethical manner; (ix) representatives being expected to carry out their normal duties; and (x) the ability for an official to ‘walk around’ a workplace to hold individual discussion contingent on the nature of the work being performed in the workplace subject to discussion with and prior approval of the CEO. Approval for ‘walk around’ will not be unreasonably withheld.