Collective bargaining is the process of negotiation between representatives of trade unions and employers in respect of employees’ terms and conditions such as pay, hours of work and working conditions.
The new industrial relations framework is based on four principles: collaboration, proportionality, accountability and balancing the interests of workers, employers and the public.
The recent case of Adams v Walsall Housing Group centred around the employer making two direct 'offers' to employees during a period of collective bargaining.
Supreme Court unanimously rules that Tesco cannot fire and rehire distribution workers who receive ‘retained pay’ and reinstates injunction.
Employment specialists have their say on the Tesco v Usdaw fire and rehire verdict.
Downing Street says government plans to introduce a ‘right to switch off’ could boost productivity by allowing people time to rest.
Aslef urges its members to accept a three-year pay offer which would bring an end to the two-year train drivers pay dispute in England.
The government and the British Medical Association have agreed a 22.3% pay deal for junior doctors.
The new government confirmed that it would bring forward an Employment Rights Bill in the King’s Speech today (17 July)...
Workers at Amazon's Coventry warehouse have voted to reject a trade union recognition bid by the GMB.
Institutional investors sign letter expressing concerns over Amazon’s alleged response to trade union membership at its Coventry fulfilment centre.
The Central Arbitration Committee ruled that the GMB can proceed with a vote to gauge Amazon union recognition support in Coventry.
Tesco pay rises by 9.1% as it reaches agreement with the Usdaw union to take the supermarket's hourly pay above the 2024 ‘real’ Living Wage.Â
Amazon could be forced to recognise trade union for first time in UK, after the GMB submitted a second formal bid to the Central Arbitration Committee.
Deliveroo riders are not 'workers' and cannot form a collective bargaining unit, the Supreme Court has concluded in a landmark judgment.
The ‘dire state’ of the UK’s criminal justice system has led both criminal solicitors’ associations to urge lawyers to join union Unite.
