Employment Law Review

Recognition

The highest court in the land has confirmed that a group of delivery workers cannot demand that their labour organisation be allowed entry to their workplace.

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A court has held that because freelancers have limited rights at work, they cannot claim the right under European law to operate as members of a labour union.

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Although all workers have the right to join a labour movement body, that does not mean to say that they also enjoy the right to organise as a labour movement.

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In order for a labour union to be recognised it has to satisfy certain conditions which have now been extended to include those without a contractual agreement.

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Employers who try to get round collective bargaining arrangements may face fines if the reason for doing so is to avoid dealing with the recognised union.

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An application for statutory union recognition on behalf of drivers for Deliveroo has been turned down because it was held that the “riders” were not workers.

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If a trade union wants statutory recognition by an employer it should focus on what the law says about avoiding fragmentation between the bargaining groups.

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If workers want to be recognised by a union but their employer already has an agreement with a different union, they have to bring that one to an end first.

Trade union information

Thompsons Solictors reviews a case it fought on behalf of an RMT member who felt he had been discriminated against as a result of his union activities.

Recognition

In this article, trade union law experts Thompsons Solicitors discuss the law affecting the creation of collective bargain agreements.

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This section of the LELR, Labour and European Law Review analyses the setting up of a collective bargaining agreement if workers are already covered by an existing one.

Recognition