National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006

Transfer of staff.

42.— (1) Every person who, on the day immediately before the establishment day, is a member of the staff of a dissolved body shall, on that day, be transferred to and become a member of the staff of the Office.

(2) A member of the staff, transferred under subsection (1), of a dissolved body which is referred to in—

(a) section 37 (1)(a), shall be appointed to serve in the Council,

(b) section 37 (1)(b), shall be appointed to serve in the Forum, and

(c) section 37 (1)(c), shall be appointed to serve in the Centre,

unless otherwise agreed by the member under section 26 (8).

(3) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with any recognised trade union or staff association concerned, a person referred to in subsection (1) shall not, while in the service of the Office, be brought to less beneficial conditions of service (including conditions in relation to tenure of office) or of remuneration than the conditions of service (including conditions in relation to tenure of office) or remuneration to which he or she was subject immediately before the establishment day.

(4) In this section “recognised trade union or staff association” means a trade union or staff association recognised by the Office for the purposes of negotiations which are concerned with the remuneration or conditions of employment, or the working conditions of employees.