An agreement to set up a forum of employees or employee representatives to enable an employer to inform and consult its employees about workplace issues. The agreement satisfies the requirements for a negotiated agreement under regulation 16 of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3426) (ICE Regulations). The agreement should be used where at least 2% of the employees have requested a negotiated agreement or the employer has given notice to the workforce that it intends to negotiate an agreement under the ICE Regulations. If neither of those scenarios exist, Standard document, Information and consultation: Pre-existing agreement should be used.