The Guarantee Payments (Exemption) (No. 21) Order 1981

36.3.  Any questions arising at site or depot level, including those involving the application or interpretation or other matters affecting this Agreement, shall be raised in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) An employee desiring to raise a question in which he is directly concerned shall, in the first instance, do so with his immediate supervisor or foreman in his employing firm.

(b) Should settlement not be reached under clause (a) above, the matter shall be discussed with the recognised representative(s) of the firm's employees and with the representative(s) of the firm's management, in the presence of both the employee and the supervisor or foreman concerned.

(c) Failing settlement under clause (b) above, the matter shall be reported to the local official of the Union, and may be referred to a meeting with the employer at a place and occasion suitable to both sides.

(d) If the matter still remains unresolved and the intention is to pursue it further it shall be referred for immediate consideration to the National Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union (Construction & Crafts Section) and the Secretary of the Contractors' Plant Association who, after such consultation as they may deem necessary, shall decided whether the dispute or question can be dealt with by administrative action or requires reference to the Conciliation Board and shall act accordingly.