Telecommunications
Good faith bargaining: what you need to know
(27 June, 2009): The CEPU and Telstra have now begun talks aimed at reaching a new Enterprise Agreement in the company.
The formal process of making the new EA will be governed by Labor’s new Fair Work Act, which commences on 1 July.
This is when Labor’s “good faith bargaining” rules come into operation.
But the way the negotiating parties behave right now can also be taken into account in future if there is a question about whether they have bargained in good faith.
It is important that all CEPU delegates and other members understand the rules of good faith bargaining and the obligations it puts on both Telstra and the CEPU.
To help give you more information about what this all means, we put together the attached advisory: