New CAC Members Include Cullen Scholefield PAC Candidate

Twelve new members of Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) were today announced in October by Employment Relations Minister Gerry Sutcliffe. The new members, have been appointed to assist the CAC with their expanding role in dealing with The Information and Consultation of Employee Regulations 2004. Gerry Sutcliffe, Minister of State at the DTI said, "The wealth of experience of the new members will be of great benefit in taking forward the Committees work in handling Information and Consultation." Chris Ball, one of the new members, who is also a Cullen Scholefield PAC candidate said, "The CAC has an important statutory role in dealing with collective employee relations issues. It is important that it has people of experience serving on it and I am pleased to have this opportunity of making a contribution."

1 December 2005