Employee Relations, Trade Unions and the Law

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Duration

    1 Day

A thorough understanding of rights and responsibilities in collective matters is crucial for HR professionals - particularly in larger organisations - in both the public and private sectors. This programme covers EU and UK aspects and is ideal for practitioners seeking a comprehensive introduction to all major aspects of this area of law. This programme provides a comprehensive grounding in the 'collective' side of employment law and employee relations. Suitable for: Personnel and employee/industrial relations officers and others who need a good understanding of collective employment law

About this course

"very interesting and informative" - Senior HR Adviser, Sembcorp Bournemouth Water

"Empowering, enlightening & thought provoking. Penny is extremely knowledgeable and has an excellent ability of imparting this to a diverse audience" - Director of HR, Somerset College

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Subjects

  • Employment Law
  • HR Practices
  • Employee Management

Teachers and trainers (1)

Penny Macmillan

Penny Macmillan

Solicitor

Penny Macmillan MA Chartered FCIPD is a Solicitor and has for many years specialised in employment law, with particular experience of: TUPE, unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and drafting employment contracts, policies, procedures and handbooks. She is former Head of the Legal Depart

Course programme


09:00 - Trade Unions, Recognition and Employee Consultation
· Definition and legal status of trade unions
· Independence of trade unions
· Nature and status of collective agreements
· Recognition and its importance
· The statutory recognition procedure
· Recognition rights
· Disclosure of bargaining information
· Information and consultation - redundancies, reorganisations and transfers of undertakings
· European Works Councils
· Information and Consultation of employees
· The European Company Statute

11:00 - Industrial Action and the Individual
· Effect on the contract of employment
· Effect on statutory employment rights
· Deductions from pay
· Dismissal during industrial action
· A right to strike?
· Case study

12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Liability of a Trade Union for Industrial Action
· Liability for the economic torts
· The statutory immunities
· Removal of the immunities
· Secondary action, picketing
· Action to enforce union membership, to impose union recognition, in support of dismissed unofficial strikers
· Strike notices and strike ballots
· Liability of a trade union in tort

14:30 - Freedom of Association: the employer/employee relationship
· Freedom of association and human rights
· Refusal of employment for trade union reasons
· Detriment or dismissal for trade union reasons
· Dismissal and industrial action
· Offers of inducements - the individualised contract
· Case study

15:30 - Freedom of Association: the member/union relationship
· Membership rights
· Enforcement of the rule book contract
· The right not to be excluded or expelled
· The right not to be unjustifiably disciplined

16:30 - Close of training

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