5.3 Employer and industry associations

All employer and industry associations are required to:

communicate honestly with government agencies, other signatories, unions and other industry participants
co-operate with the government, other signatories, contractors, subcontractors, agents, suppliers, all industry employers, and the applicable union, in industry development aimed at improving :
- employee and workplace relations
- occupational health and safety and workers compensation performance
- workers skills, and
- competitiveness in the industry
encourage compliance by members with this Code
promote compliance by members with the provisions of applicable awards, certified, enterprise and workplace agreements, dispute settlement procedures, all orders, formal directions and decisions of any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, and all other statutory obligations relating to employment
operate within the law and comply with the standards of behaviour in this Code
establish internal mechanisms to deal with transgressions from this Code, and
adopt and promote a co-operative approach.

Last updated May 31, 2005

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