Collective employee relations

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• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Sophy Robinson and Karen Fletcher of Addleshaw Goddard outline the latest legal rulings and explain what you need to know to avoid tribunals.

• Type:

  FAQs

  What duties do employee representatives elected for redundancy consultation have?

• Date:

  20 January 2006

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Collective redundancies: Late consultation with union still 'in good time'

  In Amicus v Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd, the EAT holds that the tribunal was correct to find that consultation by an employer proposing to relocate 62 employees took place "in good time", despite the fact that the employer failed to consult the union until three weeks before the affected employees had to indicate their willingness to be relocated.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Zoe Balmforth and Joe Glavina of Addleshaw Goddard outline the latest legal rulings and explain what you need to know to avoid tribunals.

• Type:

  FAQs

  The duty to consult in a TUPE situation arises where an employer envisages taking measures in relation to affected employees, but what sort of measures would this cover?

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Joe Glavina and Emma Slark at Addleshaw Goddard bring you a comprehensive update on the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and provide advice on what to do about them.

• Date:

  30 September 2005

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Redundancy: Protective award reduced to reflect information given

  In Amicus v GBS Tooling Ltd (in administration), the EAT holds that, under s.189 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, to make a protective award against an employer in respect of breaches of s.188, an employment tribunal is entitled and obliged to assess the seriousness of the breach, taking into account its nature and any mitigating circumstances.

• Date:

  12 August 2005

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Trade unions: CAC has jurisdiction to order re-run of ballot

  In R (on the application of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd) v Central Arbitration Committee, the Court of Appeal holds that the role of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) had been intended by parliament to be a decision-making body in a specialist area not suitable for the intervention of the courts.

• Type:

  How to

  How to hold an election for employee representatives

  Practical guidance on holding an election for employee representatives (non-union), for example for the purposes of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004, setting up a negotiation body for a European Works Council, negotiating a workforce agreement or consulting on health and safety.

• Date:

  13 May 2005

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Trade unions: Compensation where no loss suffered

  In Skiggs v South West Trains Ltd, the EAT holds that the employment tribunal was entitled to hold, on the facts, that an investigative meeting concerning a grievance about an employee who had previously been disciplined was not a disciplinary hearing for the purpose of s.10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999.