What is the Code of Good Faith?
The Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining is a generic code that provides employers and unions with guidance to good faith when bargaining for a collective agreement or for the variation of a collective agreement under the Employment Relations Act 2000.
This code is an important document because the Employment Relations Authority or the Employment Court may have regard to it in determining whether or not the parties have dealt with each other in good faith in bargaining.
You can access this Code through the Department web-site 'Code of Good Faith : Employment Relations Services'.
Date Modified: Thursday, 31 March 2011
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