Chapter 5

Managing employment relations

For further details of the legislation governing trade union recognition in the UK, see the relevant part of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) website:
www.dti.gov.uk/er/index.htm

The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) operates the statutory trade union recognition procedure. You can find out about its work, including details of recognition cases and hearings, and download its annual reports, by visiting its website:
www.cac.gov.uk/

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) undertakes regular surveys of trends in trade union recognition:
www.tuc.org.uk/

‘Employment Trends’, part of the IRS Employment Review, is another source of data on union recognition trends:
www.irsemploymentreview.com/

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) promotes effective practice in personnel and human resource management, and publishes relevant reports:
www.cipd.co.uk/

The CIPD publishes a fortnightly magazine, People Management, which contains details of news and developments in the field of personnel and human resource management:
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/

The International Transport Workers Federation’s (ITF) website is a good source of information about its work campaigning for better working conditions and defending workers’ rights across a range of transport sectors. It has a link to the ryan-be-fair site:
www.itfglobal.org/
www.ryan-be-fair.org/

Ryanair’s website contains little of relevance to employment relations, but you might find yourself a cheap flight!
www.ryanair.com/

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