Employment Relations Bill

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Employment Relations Bill

Employment Relations Bill

[AS AMENDED IN STANDING COMMITTEE D]

Contents
Part 1
Union recognition
1
Application for decision on whether proposed bargaining unit is appropriate
2
Power of the CAC to end period for agreement on bargaining unit
3
Duty of employer to supply information to union
4
Determination of appropriate bargaining unit
5
Union communications with workers after acceptance of application
6
Power of the CAC to extend notification period
7
Postal votes for workers absent from ballot at workplace
8
Application where agreement does not cover pay, hours and holidays
9
Employer’s notice to end bargaining arrangements
10
Appeals against demands for costs
11
Power to amend Schedule A1 to the 1992 Act
12
Means of communicating with workers
13
Power to make provision about effect of amalgamations etc.
14
Information about union membership and employment in bargaining unit
15
“Pay” and other matters subject to collective bargaining
16
Information required by ACAS for ballots and ascertaining union
membership
Part 2
Law relating to industrial action
17
Information about employees to be balloted on industrial action
18
Entitlement to vote in ballot on industrial action
19
Inducement of members not accorded entitlement to vote
20
Information about employees to be contained in notice of industrial action
21
Dismissal where employees taking protected industrial action locked out
22
Date of dismissal
23
Dismissal after end of protected period

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Part 3
Rights of trade union members, workers and employees
Inducements and detriments in respect of membership etc. of independent trade union
24
Inducements relating to union membership or activities
25
Extension of protection against detriment for union membership etc.
26
Detriment for use of union services or refusal of inducement
27
Dismissal for use of union services or refusal of inducement
Exclusion and expulsion from trade unions
28
Exclusion or expulsion from trade union attributable to conduct
29
Applications no longer to be made to Employment Appeal Tribunal
Other rights of workers and employees
30
Role of companion at disciplinary or grievance hearing
31
Extension of jurisdiction of Employment Appeal Tribunal
32
Ways in which provision conferring rights on individuals may be made
33
Flexible working
34
Information and consultation: Great Britain
35
Information and consultation: Northern Ireland
Part 4
Enforcement of minimum wage legislation
36
Information supplied by worker and employer
37
Enforcement notices
38
Enforcement officers for agricultural wages legislation
Part 5
The Certification Officer
39
Striking out by Certification Officer of applications or complaints
40
Restriction of proceedings orders: proceedings before Certification Officer
41
Amalgamations: approval, listing and certification
42
Restriction of grounds of appeal from Certification Officer
Part 6
Miscellaneous
43
Additional case in which election for president of union not required
44
Removal of rule preventing appointment of body corporate as auditor
45
Means of voting in ballots and elections
46
Provision of money for trade union modernisation

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Part 7
Supplementary provisions
47
Meaning of “the 1992 Act”
48
Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
49
Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland
50
Citation, commencement and extent
Schedule 1   —
Minor and consequential amendments
Schedule 2   —
Repeals

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