8.         ENTERPRISE FLEXIBILITY

Where an employer or employees wish to pursue an agreement at the enterprise or workplace about how the award should be varied so as to make the enterprise or workplace operate more efficiently according to its particular needs, the following process shall apply:

8.1       A consultative mechanism and procedures appropriate to the size, structure and needs of the enterprise or workplace shall be established.

8.2       For the purpose of the consultative process the employees may nominate the Union or another to represent them.

8.3       Where agreement is reached, an application shall be made to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.