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Active and former trade unions and their annual returns
Introduction This document contains the names of all trade unions entered…
Introduction The below list comprises the names and annual returns of…
The home of Certification Officer on GOV.UK. The Certification Officer (CO) and her team ensure that trade unions and employers’ associations carry out their statutory duties.
General announcements and latest decisions of the Certification Officer
Certification Officer (CO) guidance on eligibility, the application process and application form CO1.
The Certification Officer's list of current and former trade unions.
Framework documents setting out the relationship between the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and our public bodies.
The Certification Officer (CO) and her team ensure that trade unions and employers’ associations carry out their statutory duties.
Annual Report to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the Chair of ACAS on the activities of the Certification Officer.
Complaint form and guidance on who can complain to the Certification Officer (CO), what you can complain about and how to complain.
This document contains the decision made by the Certification Officer in this case.
Annual returns for Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), as submitted to the Certification Office.
Annual return for Equality For Workers Union (EFWU).
Unite the Union trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
Decisions about applications for or review of a certificate of independence. All decisions are in PDF format.
Rules for Public and Commercial Services Union
Information from the Certification Officer on levy eligibility, how to pay and how the levy is calculated.
The Certification Officers Annual Reports.
Annual returns for Unite the Union, as submitted to the Certification Office from 2013.
Information relating to the list of trade unions and employers' associations, levy, complaints, political fund, mergers and submitting annual returns.
Decisions where trade unions are refused inclusion in or removed from the official list. All decisions are in PDF format.
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