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Public Sector Industrial Relations Policies 2015

Public Sector Industrial Relations Policies 2015

Outlines the Victorian Government's policy on a number of important public sector industrial relations matters.

Date:: June 2016

Industrial relations landscape

This document outlines the Government’s policy on a number of important public sector industrial relations matters.

Governance – role of departments, agencies and central agencies

This section outlines the roles and responsibilities of departments and agencies in the negotiation of enterprise agreements and other industrial relations matters.

Government’s industrial relations principles

A key principle underpinning these policies is consultation and cooperation between employers, employees and unions.

Constitutional limitations

The Government is committed to honouring all terms within existing formal agreements. Departments and agencies should not seek to use legal constructs to avoid these obligations.

Agreement making and wages policy

This sections outlines the Government's wages policy and agreement approval processes.

Redundancy and other matters

This policy seeks to equally and fairly assist employees in the public sector whose roles are no longer required or whose employment must be terminated.

Fair Work Act requirements: Content of agreements

How the Fair Work Act affects Victorian public sector enterprise agreements.

Steps for making enterprise agreements

A guide to the process of making Victorian public sector enterprise agreements.

Industrial action

Departments and agencies must ensure that the impact of industrial action is minimised and that any response is appropriate.

Right of entry

The Fair Work Commission may issue a union official a permit allowing them to enter a workplace.

Attachments

Attachments include model clauses, the Victorian Public Service redeployment policy and an example Notice of Employee Representational Rights

Reviewed 17 December 2019

Public Sector Industrial Relations Policies 2015
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Public Sector Industrial Relations Policies 2015

Industrial relations landscape
Governance – role of departments, agencies and central agencies
Government’s industrial relations principles
Constitutional limitations
Agreement making and wages policy
Redundancy and other matters
Fair Work Act requirements: Content of agreements
Steps for making enterprise agreements
Industrial action
Right of entry
Attachments

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