Employment law cases

Graham v South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council [2004] All ER (D) 443 (Feb) EAT

Reports relating to this case:

  • Contracts of employment: Collectively "agreed" variation to terms not valid

    Date:
    2 July 2004

    In South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council v Graham, the EAT holds that a "local agreement", for the purposes of the National Joint Council for Local Government Employees' collective bargaining agreement, should be construed as meaning either an agreement by all the locally recognised trade unions, or an agreement that has been determined by a process agreed by all the recognised unions.