Case round-up: Protective awards

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  Transport & General Workers' Union v Brauer Coley Ltd (in administration) [2007] IRLR 207 EAT (1 other report)

  • Protective awards: A protective award for failure to consult a recognised trade union does not extend to cover employees in respect of whom the trade union is not recognised

    Date:

    17 April 2007

    In Transport & General Workers' Union v Brauer Coley Ltd (in administration) [2007] IRLR 207 EAT the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that where a trade union is successful in proceedings brought for failure to consult on collective redundancies, the protective award cannot be claimed by any employees in respect of whom the trade union was not recognised by the employer.