Course code: TUER - call 0845 071 2801
Overview
Course duration: 1 day.
This course is delivered in partnership with JSB.
A comprehensive grounding in the ‘collective’ side of employment law and employee relations.
A thorough understanding of rights and responsibilities in collective matters is essential. This programme covers EU and UK aspects and is ideal for practitioners seeking a comprehensive introduction to all major aspects of this area of law.
Is it right for me?
Designed for HR professionals - particularly in larger organisations - in both the public and private sectors.
What will I learn?
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Explain essential elements of trade union law
- Understand the Information and Consultation Regulations
- Describe key elements of union recognition
- Understand collective bargaining in the negotiation of terms and conditions
- Advise on the law relating to industrial action
- Adopt appropriate employee relations strategies
What will it cover?
Trade Unions, Recognition and Employee Consultation
- Definition and legal status of trade unions
- Independence of trade unions
- Nature and status of collective agreements
- Recognition and its importance
- The statutory recognition procedure
- Recognition rights
- Disclosure of bargaining information
- Information and consultation – redundancies, reorganisations and transfers of undertakings
- European Works Councils
- Information and Consultation of employees
- The European Company Statute
Industrial Action and the Individual
- Effect on the contract of employment
- Effect on statutory employment rights
- Deductions from pay
- Dismissal during industrial action
- A right to strike?
- Case study
Liability of a Trade Union for Industrial Action
- Liability for the economic torts
- The statutory immunities
- Removal of the immunities
- Secondary action, picketing
- Action to enforce union membership, to impose union recognition, in support of dismissed unofficial strikers
- Strike notices and strike ballots
- Liability of a trade union in tort
Freedom of Association: the employer/employee relationship
- Freedom of association and human rights
- Refusal of employment for trade union reasons
- Detriment or dismissal for trade union reasons
- Dismissal and industrial action
- Offers of inducements – the individualised contract
- Case study
Freedom of Association: the member/union relationship
- Membership rights
- Enforcement of the rule book contract
- The right not to be excluded or expelled
- The right not to be unjustifiably disciplined