[IER] Union consultation rights widen after Unison victory

Fri Aug 11 16:11:33 BST 2017

IER News Brief 11/08/17

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Employers must now consult unions over a wider range of issues affecting workers <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=1a62c2dc9c&e=71131c031b>  after Unison won a landmark victory in the Court of Appeal.

The union took Wandsworth Borough Council to task after it made parks police officers redundant without consulting the union, and the judge ruled in their favour on appeal.

Prior to this decision, employers only had to consult unions where it was explicitly required in law, such as when employees were transferred from one employer to another or in the case of collective redundancy.

However, employers will now have to consult unions over issues relating to working time and holiday pay, Unison has said.

The Institute of Employment Rights welcomes this ruling and congratulates Unison on another landmark success. The more rights unions have to negotiate with employers, the stronger workers' protections become at a time when exploitation is a growing concern for those working in an increasingly casualised labour market. This is why we must reform labour law in such a way that the focus is shifted towards labour standards agreed via sectoral collective bargaining, rather than relying on statutory minimums that provide employers with a floor to aim for, as recommended in our Manifesto for Labour Law <http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=8efda99ab7&e=71131c031b> . 

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