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• Updated: 25 January 2016

• Updated: 2 October 2015

Working effectively with trade unions; collective bargaining and agreements, informing and consulting, union subs, the check off, political funds, union reps

• Overview

  If you recognise a union in your workplace there are certain rules you…

• Collective bargaining

  You’ll need to work with unions to discuss changes to your employees’…

• Informing and consulting with unions

  Employers must inform and consult with a recognised trade union about:…

• Union subscriptions

  Some trade union members pay their union subscriptions directly out of…

• Rights of employees in trade unions

  If you recognise a union, it will normally name one or more of your…

Make, or respond to, an application to the CAC under Part III of Schedule A1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

This project seeks to provide a more robust evidence base for the UK’s approach to stabilisation and help policy makers deliver more effective interventions in conflict contexts.

• Updated: 15 June 2018

Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights

How to apply for a union to be derecognised when an employer or a worker wants union to stop negotiating

Employer's responsibilities during the process of union recognition.

• Updated: 1 January 2011

• Updated: 6 April 2025