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Collective employee relations

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  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Managing TUPE: Recognising a relevant transfer

    We look at the factors that help HR professionals to decide whether TUPE applies in a given situation.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Managing TUPE: The benefits of observing leading practice

    Enhanced by creating four separate guides on managing the TUPE transfer process, to help you find the guidance you need. This guide focuses on the benefits of observing leading practice during TUPE.

  • Date:
    25 November 2022
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    HR priorities 2023: XpertHR survey

    HR is anticipating another challenging year as they play a key role in protecting the business in uncertain economic times by ensuring the right people are in the right roles, while also supporting employees sustainably through the cost-of-living crisis.

  • Date:
    25 November 2022
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Employers' response to the cost-of-living crisis: XpertHR survey 2022

    Pay settlements have risen to their highest levels for 30 years, but most still fall short of inflation. We look at how the pressure on living standards caused by the cost-of-living crisis means employers are looking at other levers to support employees.

  • Date:
    5 October 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    HR talking point: What is next for employment law?

    In the current political climate, it seems foolish to make predictions about the Government's future policy in relation to employment law. But amidst widespread speculation about a "bonfire of rights", it is worth looking at what the Government has so far said and done that might indicate the direction of travel, according to consultant editor Darren Newman.

  • Date:
    21 September 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Dealing with industrial unrest

    Nick Chronias, partner in DAC Beachcroft's employment and pensions group discusses the steps employers can take to avoid industrial action and what obligations employers have once a ballot for industrial action has been successful among employees who are members of a trade union.

  • Date:
    26 July 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    HR talking point: Industrial unrest - why more restrictive union laws are not the answer

    Consultant editor Darren Newman argues that more restrictive trade union laws, such as the lifting of the ban on using agency workers during industrial action and an increase in the level of damages that can be awarded against unions for unlawful industrial action, are not the answer to tackling the current wave of industrial unrest.

  • Date:
    23 June 2022
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Collective bargaining: Imposing a rejected pay award was unlawful

    In INEOS Infrastructure Grangemouth Ltd v Jones and others, the EAT held that the employer had offered an unlawful inducement when it imposed a pay award in circumstances where collective bargaining pay negotiations had not been exhausted.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Codes of practice and guidance on employment law

    Updated with links to the latest Codes of practice and guidance from official bodies, including on right to work checks.

  • Date:
    25 March 2022
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Trade unions: No protection against detriment for participating in industrial action

    In Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd and another, the Court of Appeal held that legislation that provides protection against detriment for trade union activities cannot be interpreted to cover detriment for participation in industrial action.