Collective employee relations

New and updated

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter from transferor inviting employee representatives or affected employees to consultation meeting to discuss proposed measures

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Electing employee representatives procedure (informing and consulting on TUPE transfer)

  A model policy to set out the procedure for the election of employee representatives for informing and consulting on a TUPE transfer. The policy covers: timescales for consultation; nomination of employee representatives; election of employee representatives; and the role of elected representatives.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter from transferor informing employee representatives or affected employees about transfer and proposed measures

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  EAT ruling on extent of redundancy consultation obligations

  In Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) v Smith and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that events occurring after redundancy proposals did not excuse a charity's obligation to consult collectively, but could potentially be relied on to reduce the amount of the protective award.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Pregnant workers can be included in collective redundancies, holds ECJ

  In Guisado v Bankia SA and others, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that there is nothing in EU law to prevent a pregnant worker from being included in collective redundancies.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Industrial action: Deductions for strike days to be made at rate of one-365th of annual salary

  In Hartley and others v King Edward VI College [2017] IRLR 763 SC, the Supreme Court held that, when deducting pay from employees' wages in respect of their participation in strike action on the relevant days, the appropriate daily rate of deduction was one-365th of the employees' annual salary, rather than one-260th as had been applied by the employer.

• Date:

  15 November 2017

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Local authority conditions of service

  This article looks at the structure of nationally and locally negotiated conditions of service in local authorities.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Court of Appeal rules on impact of human rights law on collective consultation rights

  The Court of Appeal has held that the legislative provision that excludes park police constables from enjoying collective consultation rights is in breach of their, and their union's, art.11 rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Industrial action: correct approach to deducting pay for teachers on strike

  The Supreme Court has held that the pay of teachers must be deducted at a daily rate of 1/365th of their annual salary, rather than 1/260th, for a one-day strike.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Kirsti Laird is senior associate at Charles Russell Speechlys. She rounds up the latest rulings.