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...