How to Manage Information and Consultation

Audit existing information and consultation arrangements.

Review the extent to which employees (or their representatives) are informed and consulted where changes to health and safety procedures are taking place.

Inform and consult with employees or their representatives whenever redundancies are contemplated or where the transfer of the business is proposed.

Inform and consult with employees or their representatives where collective bargaining is taking place.

Decide whether to negotiate an Information and Consultation Agreement (ICA) on the basis of existing consultation arrangements or by creating new procedures.

Alternatively, decide how to respond to a valid request to negotiate an ICA.