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Trade Union Recognition

Commons · Question 20554 · Tabled 16 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 24 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of changing the threshold for the number of employees within an organisation for it to be eligible for the statutory trade union recognition ba

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 24 Dec 2024

The Government is simplifying the process and the law around statutory recognition thresholds, so that working people have a meaningful right to organise through trade unions. As part of this, we are removing the antiquated rule that means that unions mus...