Trade unions and trade union recognition

New and updated

• Labour disputes

  Type:

  Indicators

  Updated to include official statistics from the ONS for February 2018 on days lost to labour disputes and the number of stoppages. The next ONS release date is 15 May 2018.

• Handling industrial action

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to take into account the increase to the limit on the compensatory award, in force from 6 April 2018.

• Compensation - collective rights

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect an increase in the limits applying to employment tribunal awards, with effect from 6 April 2018.

• NHS pay deal of 6.5-29% to be offered without holiday loss

  Date:

  21 March 2018

  Type:

  News

  More than a million nurses and other NHS staff in England will be offered a three-year pay deal worth between 6.5% and 29% in an end to years of pay restraint.

• University cleaners to strike against outsourcing

  Date:

  15 March 2018

  Type:

  News

  University cleaners, porters and receptionists are expected to walk out next month after a near unanimous vote in favour of industrial action.

• The consequences of trade union recognition

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that the Regulations introducing new rules on check-off in the public sector have been delayed.

• Union 'first' to be recognised by gig economy company

  Date:

  2 March 2018

  Type:

  News

  The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has claimed it is the first union in the UK to be recognised by an organisation that uses gig workers.

• Handling industrial action: health (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Additional information on the law on handling industrial action for NHS employers. To be read in conjunction with the general information on the law on handling industrial action.

• The consequences of trade union recognition: health (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Additional information on the law on the consequences of trade union recognition for NHS employers. To be read in conjunction with the general information on the law on the consequences of trade union recognition.

• Direct pay offers to employees "over the heads of the union" were unlawful inducements

  Date:

  11 January 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employer offered unlawful inducements when it attempted to bypass collective bargaining with a trade union by making pay offers directly to its members.