- Check-off of union dues; discontinuance by employer.
- Whether collective agreements can be rectified.
- Pre-termination negotiations; the meaning of ‘improper behaviour’.
Supreme Court decisions on employment law are not exactly common, but in the October brief (NLJ, 18 October, pp9-10) we saw one on the meaning of a ‘permanent’ contractual provision (Tesco Stores Ltd v Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and others [2024] UKSC 28, [2024] All ER (D) 24 (Sep)), and we now have two more. The first concerned attempts by government departments to discontinue union dues check-off arrangements, and the second dealt with whether a collective agreement can be rectified in equity. Interestingly, they both raised issues surrounding one of the oldest rules in our employment law—namely that collective agreements are not legally enforceable. In addition, an important Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) pronouncement
