Code of Good Practice: Picketing
4. Picketing rules

1. The registered trade union and employer should seek to agree to picketing rules before the commencement of the strike or picket.

2. A collective agreement may contain picketing rules. When an agreement is negotiated the following factors should be considered:

1. The nature of the authorisation and its service upon the employer;

2. the notice of the commencement of the picket, including the place, time and the extent of the picket;

3. the nature of the conduct in the picket;

4. the number of picketers and their location;

5. the modes of communication between marshals and the employer and any other relevant parties;

6. access to the employer's premises for purposes other than picketing, e.g. access to toilets, the use of telephones, etc.;

7. the conduct of the picketers on the employer's premises; and

8. this code of good practice.

3. The factors listed in subparagraph (2) apply to the determination of picketing rules by a commissioner.