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This new book provides a fully comprehensive text which covers all areas of collective labour law,statutory and common law.

Collective Labour Law

Part 1 Collective labour law and human rights: the European convention on human rights and fundamental freedoms; collective labour law and the human rights act 1998; other international standards relevant to collective labour law. Part 2 The legal regulation of trade unions: the role of the certification officer; the definition and legal classification of trade unions; common law regulation; statutory rights of trade union members; trade union elections - the statutory requirements; political activities. Part 3 Trade unions and employers: the right to organize; the right not to join a trade union - the closed shop; contract compliance; rights of individual trade union members. Part 4 Trade union recognition and collective bargaining: recognition of trade unions; derecognition of trade unions; protection against dismissal or other detriment for acts relating to the recognition procedure; the human rights act 1998 and recognition; collective bargaining and collective agreements; the effect of a transfer of the undertaking on recognition and collective agreements. Part 5 Statutory rights of collective representation and consultation other than collective bargaining: the duty to consult on redundancies; the duty to consult on a transfer of the undertaking; health and safety; occupational pensions; training European works councils. Part 6 Industrial action: liability for industrial action; the scope of statutory immunity; industrial action and ballots and notice to employers; civil law remedies; picketing; industrial action and contractual rights; industrial action and statutory rights; the rights of trade union members; appendices.