The EAT decided in 2013, in a case involving numerous redundancies from various Woolworths stores, that an employer had to count all proposed dismissals across all establishments in assessing whether or not the collective redundancy consultation requirements applied.  These rules are contained in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA).

This decision was a departure from previous case law.  It also involved the EAT effectively “deleting” the words “at one establishment” from […]

On December 11, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board reversed course on the question of whether employees may use a company’s email system for union organizing and similar communications. Just seven years ago, the Labor Board held that employers who prohibited personal use of a company email system could also prohibit use of that system for union organizing or similar purposes. Now, even if personal use is prohibited, the Labor Board has decreed that […]