Collective Labour Law

Gillian S. Morris is former Professor of Law,now Professor Associate, at Brunel University, a barrister at Matrix Chambers, and a Deputy Chairman of the Central Arbitration Committee. Timothy J Archer is a solicitor and Head of the Employment Practice at Richards Butler.

...an extremely valuable resource for all those concerned with collective labour law whether as legal academics or practitioners or from the perspective of other disciplines. Bob Simpson Industrial Law Journal September 2000 Collective Labour Law by Professor Gillian Morris and Tim Archer aims and succeeds in providing a detailed and integrated analysis of these recent developments as well as the pre-existing areas of common law and statute. Anthony Korn ELA Briefing July 2001 In short there is everything you want to know about a suject which has not received much literary attention, even in times of past industrial strife. It is excellent. It will be welcomed by all employment lawyers, students of employment law, HR managers; anyone who wants to understand the legal/workplace scene in the 21st century. Nick Fairclough, Solicitor Solicitors' Journal July 2001 The book is striking for the comprehensiveness of its legal analysis which is accompanied by extensive references to other sources for more detailed consideration of particular issues. It is without doubt an invaluable resource for academic scholars. An appreciation of the scope, structure and evolution of this body of law is an essential prerequisite for any meaningful appraisal for the changing role of the law in labour relations and Morris and Archer provide an up to date foundation for this endeavour. Bob Simpson Oxford Journal of Legal Studies February 2003

• 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.