Trade unions and trade union recognition

New and updated

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  Employment law guide

  Handling industrial action

  Updated to reflect the launch of a Government consultation on implementing minimum service levels for education services during strike action.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Trade union recognition

  Updated to include information on IWUGB v CAC and another, in which the Supreme Court considered whether Deliveroo riders fell within art.11 of the ECHR.

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  Employment law cases

  Deliveroo riders cannot rely on art.11 trade union rights, rules Supreme Court

  In Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and another, the Supreme Court held that Deliveroo riders are not in an employment relationship and fall outside the scope of the trade union rights under art.11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

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  Employment law cases

  Cases on appeal

  Updated to reflect that the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and another on 21 November 2023. 

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  Contract clauses

  Facilities and time off for trade union duties and activities agreement

  Updated to reflect the publication of draft regulations affecting check-off in the public sector, due to come into force on 9 May 2024.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Trade union recognition agreement

  Updated to reflect the publication of draft regulations affecting check-off in the public sector, due to come into force on 9 May 2024.

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  Economic data

  Labour disputes

  Updated to include official statistics from the ONS for August 2023 on days lost to labour disputes and the number of stoppages. The next ONS release date is 12 December 2023.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Reform to check off in the public sector

  The draft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023 provide for changes to the rules in relation to the check off process in the public sector.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  The consequences of trade union recognition

  Updated to reflect the publication of draft regulations affecting check-off in the public sector, due to come into force on 9 May 2024.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Minimum service levels during strikes

  Updated to reflect that the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 has received Royal Assent.