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Working effectively with trade unions; collective bargaining and agreements, informing and consulting, union subs, the check off, political funds, union reps
If you recognise a union in your workplace there are certain rules you…
You’ll need to work with unions to discuss changes to your employees’…
Employers must inform and consult with a recognised trade union about:…
Some trade union members pay their union subscriptions directly out of…
If you recognise a union, it will normally name one or more of your…
Employer's responsibilities during the process of union recognition.
As an employer you may need to work with trade unions that represent…
The union must ask you - the employer - in writing if you’ll agree to…
The union can apply to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for…
The ‘bargaining unit’ is the group of employees that will be represented…
Your employees will be balloted about whether they want the union to be…
You can complain to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) if the union…
You and the union will not need to continue negotiations if the union…
How to apply for a union to be derecognised when an employer or a worker wants union to stop negotiating
Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights
Make, or respond to, an application to the CAC under Part III of Schedule A1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Types of model articles of association a limited company can have, including older versions of Table A from previous company legislation.
How to ask the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) to consider changes to a declaration of recognition.
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