INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS MODERNISATION AND REFORM

The LGAQ seeks:

A modern and relevant industrial relations system.

A system that contributes to the economic sustainability of a council.

A system that provides fair and equitable conditions of employment for local government staff.

A system that is simpler and easier to understand and administer.
 

LGAQ operates under the principle that 'a good employer will be a good employer regardless of the overarching regulatory regimen for industrial relations'.

Local government, as the employer of a local workforce has always been and will continue to be a good employer regardless of any changes.

In all of it submissions on IR reform, LGAQ is guided by the following principles when it comes to a council workforce:

• Any reforms must promote the sustained employment of a local workforce
• Employees of a local government must enjoy fair, reasonable and equitable conditions of employment.

• No existing  employee should be overall worse-off as a result of reform.

Welcome

...to the LGAQ's Industrial Relations Modernisation and Reform information page, where you will find all you need to track progress on the reform of industrial relations for local government.

We urge interested parties to visit this site regularly, as it is designed to provide a single source of access to the most up-to-date information on what is happening in this rapidly evolving area of change.

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