Outside body

The Provincial Council is the joint negotiating machinery for the South West. It comprises the employers’ side (South West Provincial Employers) and the trade union side and provides a forum for discussion, debate and negotiation on human resource issues.

The Provincial Council meets twice yearly and the Employers’ side has a Management Committee, which meets three times a year to continue business.

The functions of the Provincial Council are:

• To exchange ideas with the view of increasing the understanding of the two Sides.
• To promote good industrial relations practice and training, including the development of good personnel practice.
• To undertake tasks as required by the National Joint Council.
• To establish and give legitimacy to dispute and conciliation machinery.
• To facilitate, should the need arise, the negotiation of collective agreements.
• To issue advice, as appropriate, to Local Authorities and Unions.
• To provide a forum for discussion on key strategic issues affecting Local Government industrial relations/training/personnel.