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Reaching a decision on a flexible working request
Accepting and refusing an employee's request and trial periods.
Refusing a flexible working request
Reasons employers may refuse a flexible working request and how this must be communicated to the employee.
Promoting flexible working - Advanced Electronic Solutions (video)
Paul Creighton, director of Advanced Electronic Solutions (AES), talks about how the company introduced and benefited from flexible working practices.
Recognising and derecognising a trade union
What a trade union is, how it applies for recognition, and how it operates.
Flexible working: employee protection against dismissal and discrimination
An employee's protection against detrimental treatment and dismissal in relation to their flexible working request.
Statutory recognition of a trade union - starting the procedure
How trade unions can obtain statutory recognition.
Meaning and types of trade union recognition
A summary of voluntary and statutory recognition, and what recognition means for both the employer and the union.
The consequences of trade union recognition
What an employer and union must do once the union has become recognised.
Work Experience Programme
The Work Experience Programme gives employers the opportunity to offer unemployed people meaningful work experience.
Statutory derecognition of a trade union owing to reduced size of workforce
Seeking to derecognise a trade union where you employ no more than 20 workers.
Statutory recognition of a trade union - applying to the Industrial Court
How the Industrial Court deals with unions' applications for recognition under the statutory procedure.
Workers' rights in relation to trade union recognition or derecognition
Treating workers fairly as regards the recognition or derecognition of a trade union.
Statutory recognition of a trade union - deciding on the bargaining unit
How the Industrial Court may help you and the union decide on the appropriate bargaining unit.
Voluntary trade union recognition within the statutory procedure
Voluntary agreement for union recognition within a statutory context.
Statutory derecognition of a trade union - an introduction
Procedures to be followed when a trade union with statutory recognition may be derecognised
Statutory recognition of a trade union - recognition ballots
What happens when a vote is needed to confirm support for trade union recognition.
Voluntary recognition of a trade union
Recognising trade unions - the voluntary option.
Unresolved flexible working requests
What happens if you can't reach an agreement on flexible working using the statutory right-to-request procedure.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships funding
Find out about the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships support and funding available, and how to apply.
Statutory derecognition of a trade union owing to lack of support for bargaining arrangements
Derecognising a trade union where the bargaining unit no longer supports the union conducting collective bargaining.