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Statutory right to union recognition
Written request
Small employers
First and second periods
More than one application is made
Acceptance period and admissibility
Union already recognised
Sufficient support
Joint applications
Three year rule
Withdrawing applications
Bargaining unit
Different bargaining unit
Majority membership
Ballot
Recognition granted
Voluntary recognition
Changes affecting bargaining unit
Principles
Fewer than 21 workers
Ballot
Automatic recognition
Non-independent unions
And dismissal
And recognition
Union Recognition - Employment Relations Act 1999
On 27 July 1999 the Employment Relations Act, the Fairness at Work legislation, became law. The Act is the most significant legislative advance for working people and their trade unions for more than 20 years. It shifts the balance of legal rights at the workplace.
This leaflet deals with the new legislation on trade union recognition which came into force on 6 June 2000. There are separate Thompsons' leaflets on trade union and individual rights and family friendly rights
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Recognition
Statutory right to union recognitionWritten requestSmall employersFirst and second periodsMore than one application is madeAcceptance period and admissibilityUnion already recognisedSufficient supportJoint applicationsThree year ruleWithdrawing applicationsBargaining unitDifferent bargaining unitMajority membershipBallotRecognition grantedVoluntary recognitionChanges affecting bargaining unit
Derecognition
PrinciplesFewer than 21 workersBallotAutomatic recognitionNon-independent unionsDetriment
And dismissalAnd recognition
Injured
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