Trade Unions
Enhanced protection for employees who strike
Employers must exhaust collective bargaining before making a “one-off offer” directly to represented employees
Can a union for foster carers be eligible for inclusion on the list of trade unions?
EAT: disciplining an employee for engaging in trade union activities is impermissible
Is it possible to bypass a trade union when negotiating a collective agreement with workers?
In the recent case of Kostal UK v. Dunkley [2019] EWCA Civ 1009, the Court of Appeal was asked to […]
Trade unions on the decline?
Trade unions saw a large decline in their membership last year (losing 275,000 members last year) and reducing their overall […]
The Trade Union Act 2016: coming to an industry near you on 1 March 2017
Following our post on 22 December 2016, “2016: A year of discontent?” the Trade Union Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3 […]
Electronic balloting: are trade unions about to leap into the digital age?
Back in the spring, when the Trade Union Act was in its bill stage, the House of Lords proposed an […]
Insight: UK Employment Law Round-up – May 2016
During our Annual Update seminar on 27 April 2016, we discussed some of the legislative changes that employers should look […]