Employee Consultation

HRM 4303 - Employee Relations and Employment Law


Consultant Report:
Collective Consultation

Submission Date: May 2003


Contents

1. INTRODUCTION 3
2. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT (1999) 3
3. THE INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION DIRECTIVE 4
4. TRADE UNIONS 6
5. WHAT EFFECT WILL THE REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATIONS HAVE? 7
6. CONCLUSIONS 9
7. RECOMMENDATIONS 10
8. BIBLIOGRAPHY 14




1. Introduction
1.1 As Employee Relation Consultants, the purpose of this report is to advise Healthcare Professionals Ltd, a body representing employers in the health sector, of the result of changes to law relating to the collective consultation of employees. For this reason, the implications of the Employment Relations Act (1999) and the Information and Consultation Directive will be discussed.

1.2 For the purposes of this report, the industry being advised is the Health Service, which at present recogn...