Players' union representatives will push for a collective bargaining agreement for the NRLW, amid concerns over the roll out of a contracting system for the 2021 competition.
An agreement of minimum terms with the NRL has been raised as a priority in the Rugby League Players' Association's player advisory group to avoid the complicated process of contracting involved with expanding the women's game.
In April the ARL Commission approved a long-awaited expansion from four to six NRLW teams in 2021, with two more clubs to be added in 2022.
Parramatta, Gold Coast and Newcastle will join St George Illawarra, Sydney Roosters and Brisbane with the Warriors dropping out.
Those plans were confirmed last week with about two months until round one.
It leaves little time for clubs to build a roster and begin pre-season training for the competition start in August, while elite players are yet to get certainty over where they will be playing.
In the eyes of the RLPA, a collective bargaining agreement would smooth out the process in the future as the competition expands further.
"It's fundamental to agree to a collective agreement because once you do that, you've got a number of things in place and that gives you the certainty and a clearer direction of where we're going, rather than where we are now," RLPA chief executive Clint Newton told AAP.
"The only way you get better outcomes is dedicating time, having the right people at the table and having some clear objectives we all agree on which is about delivering the best possible outcomes for the game, for the players, for the clubs, for the fans and for the future generation of players."
The NRLW contracting process is set to begin on Wednesday with club bosses to meet with the NRL on Tuesday night to be presented the points system they will operate under when recruiting.
A central contracting system will also be delivered, in which elite stars will be contracted to the NRL, with clubs then able to negotiate for the players they want to recruit.
Those NRL contracted players will be subject to the points system, which works as a salary-cap type model to make an attractive product for broadcasters.
However, the hasty design and implementation of the model has raised concerns with some elite players possibly forced out of the clubs they have been with for three seasons.
With kick-off in August, there are time pressures on players to contemplate where they could be playing for the two-month long competition.
As clubs start recruiting from Wednesday, the RLPA is concerned they have been left with no time to properly represent players' concerns, with some feeling as though they will be railroaded into accepting an NRL contract.
Players signed through the central contract system are set to earn a higher wage than a club-contracted player which adds a financial pressure.
However, the extra pay is considered an incentive to potentially change clubs to ensure an even spread of talent for the long-term success of NRLW.
