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How trade unions can get recognition for collective bargaining from the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC).
Complaint form and guidance on who can complain to the Certification Officer (CO), what you can complain about and how to complain.
Transfer of engagements and amalgamations: guidance from the Certification Officer (CO).
As a public sector employer, you must report and publish information on facility time for your employees who are trade union representatives.
Criminal Justice Workers Union (CJWU) trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
How to apply for a union to be derecognised when an employer or a worker wants union to stop negotiating
Solid Trade Union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
Provides information on trade union membership among employees in the UK estimated from the Labour Force Survey over the period 1995 to 2021.
Provides information on trade union membership among employees in the UK estimated from the Labour Force Survey over the period 1995 to 2020.
Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
This collection brings together guidance, codes of practice and case studies for trade unions.
The group was established in October 2020. Its aim is to meet the requirements of the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)’s external engagement on trade policy.
Office of the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members was established to assist trade union members in taking certain specified types of legal action against their trade unions (not against employers).
Make, or respond to, an application for trade union recognition under Part I of Schedule A1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Provides information on trade union membership among employees in the UK estimated from the Labour Force Survey over the period 1995 to 2022.
The Social Workers Union trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
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