HRM 4303 - Employee Relations and Employment Law
Consultant Report:
Collective Consultation
Contents
1.INTRODUCTION3
2.THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT (1999)3
3.THE INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION DIRECTIVE4
4.TRADE UNIONS6
5.WHAT EFFECT WILL THE REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATIONS HAVE?7
6.CONCLUSIONS9
7.RECOMMENDATIONS10
8.BIBLIOGRAPHY14
1.Introduction
1.1As Employee Relation Consultants, the purpose of this report is to advise Healthcare Professionals Ltd, a body representing employers in the health sector, of the result of changes to law relating to the collective consultation of employees. For this reason, the implications of the Employment Relations Act (1999) and the Information and Consultation Directive will be discussed.
1.2For the purposes of this report, the industry being advised is the Health Service, which at present recognizes many Trade Unions locally varying on the type of service being covered. The report discusses the relevant items from the legislation and regulations that will affect the Health Service.
Trade Union official Mick O'Reilly on stage at May...
Trade Union official Mick O'Reilly on stage at May...
English: Culture House of Trade Unions Русск...2.The Employment Relations Act (1999)
2.1The majority of the requirements of this Act form part of a group of reforms to employment law and trade union law outlined in the Governments White Paper, Fairness at Work, published in May 1998. With regards to employee consultation the Act details new statutory procedures for the recognition and derecognition of trade unions for collective bargaining. This applies when unions and employers are unable to reach agreement voluntarily.
A large part of the Act consists of amendments to the Trade Unions and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and the Employment Rights Act 1966.
2.2The Act was last reviewed in February 2003, with no major changes for employers. The review focused largely on the statutory trade union recognition procedures introduced by the Act and concluded that these are operating smoothly and there is no case for reforming the central features of the legislation.