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Section : Section 53
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified

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(2) The person conducting the business or undertaking must take all reasonable steps to commence negotiations with the workers within 14 days after a request is made under section 50. (3) The purpose of the negotiations is to determine:
(a) the number and composition of work groups to be represented by health and safety representatives; and
(b) the number of health and safety representatives and deputy health and safety representatives (if any) to be elected; and
(c) the workplace or workplaces to which the work groups will apply.
(4) The parties to an agreement concerning the determination of a work group or groups may, at any time, negotiate a variation of the agreement.
(5) The person conducting the business or undertaking must, if asked by a worker, negotiate with the worker's representative in negotiations under this section (including negotiations for a variation of an agreement) and must not exclude the representative from those negotiations. Penalty: The tier D monetary penalty.
(6) The regulations may prescribe the matters that must be taken into account in negotiations for and determination of work groups and variations of agreements concerning work groups.