Information Consultation of Employees
In April 2005 new legal requirements came into force regarding rules on informing and consulting employees in organisations of a particular size on matters affecting their employment. This is the first piece of legislation in the UK which addresses the issues of information and consultation as a collective issue and therefore represents a significant change and challenge to many organisations in Northern Ireland.
The Regulations apply according to the size of the undertaking. The size threshold in April 2008 will be 50 + employees.
The seminar will be of particular interest to:
- employers near or over the size threshold
- employees who wish to make a valid request for information and consultation mechanisms to be put in place and
- trade union officials (lay and full time) who wish to assess the impact of the Regulations on pre-existing collective bargaining machinery.
The seminar will last approximately 1 ½ hours