Browne Jacobson LLP HR for Education Conference 2017 - 4th October 2017 Workshop 1B - Managing Trade Union relations - Emily Addai Clarity on your legal requirements and your flexibility on issues including negotiating/consulting on policies and the impact of TUPE, reasonable time off, facilities time and our experience of recognition agreements in practice.

1. HR for Education 2017
Managing Trade Union relationships workshop

2. Managing Trade Union
relationships
Emily Addai, Solicitor
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3. What we will cover
The impact of TUPE
Recognition agreements
Facilities time
Reasonable time off
Changing policies

4. Union recognition
What is union
recognition?
Particular
purpose
Category of
employees

5. Union recognition
The effect
of TUPE
The fact of
recognition
The terms of
recognition

6. Union recognition
What is a
recognition
agreement?
Manage
union
relations
Trust-
wide/
school
level
How to
consult
What to
consult
on
Regularity
of
meetings

7. Union recognition
Does my Trust need a recognition agreement?

8. Union recognition
Common terms and points to note
• Who does it cover?
• Promoting the unions
• Facilities time
• Facilities provided in school
• What issues to negotiate

9. Union recognition
Common terms and points to note
• Disciplinary action against reps
• Provision of information
• Joint Consultative and Negotiation Committee (JCNC)
• Making changes to T&Cs
• Regularity of meetings

10. Facilities time
• Are you obliged to pay into facilities time?
• What are the benefits of paying into facilities time?
• DfE guidance on facilities time

11. Facilities time
Practical issues:
•Will unions refuse to attend
site at all or only at certain
times?

12. Reasonable time off
Legal rights
Recognition agreements

13. Changing policies
• Updating policies generally
• Creating a set of MAT-wide policies
• Where all academies are within one LA
• Where the academies are across a number of LAs

14. Changing policies
• Recognition agreement
• Previous changes
• How to manage consultation

15. Online resources
www.brownejacobson.com/education

16. Get in touch
Emily Addai | +44 (0)115 976 6501
emily.addai@brownejacobson.com
Please note
The information contained in these notes is based on the position at October 2017. It does,
of course, only represent a summary of the subject matter covered and is not intended to
be a substitute for detailed advice. If you would like to discuss any of the matters covered
in further detail, our team would be happy to do so.
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