New Midwives. The parties agree that a new employee who is not a member of ▇▇▇▇▇ and who is covered by the coverage clause of this MECA, shall be offered the same terms and conditions as this MECA for the first 30 days of employment. The new midwife or maternity care assistant will also be given an active choice form during the first 10 days of employment to be returned within the first 30 days and, where practicable, will be introduced to the ▇▇▇▇▇ workplace representative as part of the employee’s induction. New midwives and maternity care assistants covered by this MECA will be informed of the following: a. That there is a MECA in place and they are given a copy of this; b. That they may join ▇▇▇▇▇, which is a party to this collective agreement; c. How to contact ▇▇▇▇▇ and that, unless the midwife objects in the returned active choice form, the employer will provide certain information about the midwife to ▇▇▇▇▇; d. That they will be bound by the MECA, if they join ▇▇▇▇▇; e. That in any case, they will be offered the terms and conditions of the MECA, and will have 30 days to decide if they wish to join the ▇▇▇▇▇; f. That, after 30 days, if they decide not to join ▇▇▇▇▇, their terms and conditions may be renegotiated at that time.” Existing midwives who are covered by the coverage clause of this MECA (clause 2.0) and not specifically excluded (clause 2.1) who become members of ▇▇▇▇▇ during the term of the MECA shall, from the date of becoming a ▇▇▇▇▇ member, be bound by all benefits and obligations relating to midwives under this MECA subject to the restrictions set out in the Employment Relations ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.
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Sources: Multi Employer Collective Agreement, Multi Employer Collective Agreement