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Private Sector Pay (Interim Agreement for 18 Months) and Related Issues
Part 2 Sustaining Progress 74 Section 1 : Private Sector Pay (Interim Agreement for 18 Months) and Related Issues Introduction 1.1 The parties are entering into this Agreement in recognition of the significant value of the Social Partnership process and the contribution it can make to providing a degree of confidence and stability in an uncertain economic environment. 1.2 The parties recognise that a competitive enterprise sector will underpin and sustain employment and standards of living. It is accepted that the current global downturn is affecting all enterprises and presenting new challenges, documented in the recent NESC Strategy Report, which must be overcome if competitiveness and employment are to be maintained. Key Principles Underpinning the Agreement 1.3 It is accepted that the rapid pace of change in the business environment demands ongoing adaptation and the parties are committed to full co-operation with normal ongoing change and the need for continued adaptation and flexibility to maintain and improve competitiveness and to increase productivity and employment. The implementation of this Agreement at enterprise or industry level will take full account of the implications for competitiveness and employment and the need for flexibility and change, compatible with modern organisation, design, efficiency and business processes. The implementation of this Agreement will take account of the need to develop a first class work environment which facilitates employee advancement, improves job security, promotes equal opportunities, increases training, productivity, flexibility and good working conditions which benefits everyone involved in the work process. 1.4 The parties are agreed on the importance of confidence in regard to wage developments. Specifically, employers expect unions to adhere to the terms agreed and unions expect the terms agreed to be applied to their members. 1.5 This Agreement: ■ Provides that no cost-increasing claims by trade unions or employees for improvements in pay or conditions of employment, other than those provided in Clauses 1.7, 2.1 and 4.1 will be made or processed during the currency of the Agreement; ■ Commits employers, trade unions and employees to promoting industrial harmony; and ■ Precludes strikes or other forms of industrial action by trade unions, employees or employers in respect of any matters covered by this Agreement, where the employer or trade union concerned is acting in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Date of Implementation and Duration 1.6 Except where otherwise agreed at local level, this Agreement shall come into force on the expiry of the Pay Agreement under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness in each individual employment or industry and shall last for eighteen months.
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