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Trade unions and trade union recognition

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  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    No collective bargaining rights for self-employed Deliveroo riders, rules High Court

    In R (on the application of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) v the Central Arbitration Committee and another, the High Court held that Deliveroo riders are not workers and therefore are not automatically entitled to a collective bargaining arrangement.

  • Date:
    21 June 2018
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Protection from dismissal on grounds of trade union activities - how far does it go?

    Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent case in which the Court of Appeal had to consider if, in sharing information from a manager's desk diary, a trade union rep had acted outside the scope of trade union activities for the purposes of the automatically unfair dismissal protection afforded by s.152 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Trade union representative unfairly dismissed for retention of confidential information

    In Morris v Metrolink RATP DEV Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that a trade union representative who retained confidential information related to a restructuring exercise was unfairly dismissed.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Court of Appeal rules on employer liability for third-party harassment

    In Unite the Union v Nailard, the Court of Appeal held that the union was liable for the acts of its lay officials because they were acting as its agents, but that the union was not liable for failures by its employed union officials to prevent discrimination by third-party lay officials.

  • 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

    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.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    University breached information and consultation of employees regulations

    In University of London v Morrissey, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found that the University of London breached the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004, when it asked two recognised trade unions, whose members constituted around 25% of the workforce, to nominate employee representatives.

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