Common use of Work Organisation Clause in Contracts

Work Organisation. Experience throughout industry has shown that the reorganisation of work processes will be essential to the realisation of the objectives of this Agreement. Specifically, the development of self-managing, broad- skilled work teams is recognised as being an integral component of the organisation of work. The Monitoring Committee is committed to identify and recommend actions to incorporate more productive management/work practices. Central to the reorganisation of work is the Work Team (WT) concept. Work Teams are groups of employees who have the responsibility for completing elements of work. The team is given the task of completing the whole job cycle of planning, doing, checking, re-planning, etc and must also take on the safety, quality, cost, timing and environmental issues of getting the job done. The ultimate aim is for the team to be self-directing. Work face co-ordination with other trades/builders representatives. The parties are committed to the future development and adoption of the WT model. It is recognised that there may be elements of work and situations that are not suited to the use of this model, but that for those elements the other objectives of the Agreement will be accommodated. Employee’s may be required to undertake all of the tasks associated with a particular job provided that it is safe, legal, sensible and within the Employee’s skill, competence and training and is consistent with the objective of the elimination of lost time and productivity improvement. On a project and work team basis, guidelines will be established to develop systems to facilitate continuous learning and up skilling. The parties are committed to seeking to reorganise work to provide greater security of employment. In this regard, it is recognised that to maintain a long-term sustainable level of direct employees, the productivity, efficiency and cost effectiveness of direct labour work teams will need to be competitive in the market place.