Provisions as to employees

9 Machinery for settling terms and conditions of employment.
(1) It shall be the duty of each of the companies to seek consultation with any organisation appearing to them to be appropriate, with a view to the conclusion between the company and that organisation of such agreements as appear to the parties to be desirable with respect to the establishment and maintenance of machinery for—
(a) the settlement by negotiation of terms and conditions of employment of persons employed by the company, with provision for reference to arbitration, in default of such settlement, of such cases as may be determined by or under the agreements, and
(b) the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting the safety, health and welfare of persons employed by the company and (so far as in the opinion of the company considerations of national security permit) the discussion of other matters of mutual interest to the company and their employees, including efficiency in the work of the company.
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S. 9(2)-(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 16 Group 1
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