Non-union employers may face penalties for failing to negotiate with trade unions under a new plan on the future of collective bargaining and industrial relations. The government has published the final report of a high-level working group that was set up to review collective bargaining and the industrial relations landscape. The report recommends that there be ‘good faith engagement’ between employers and unions. Under the proposal, if a union represents 10% or more of a grade, group or category within a company, the employer will be obliged to engage in good faith with the union and can be ordered to do so by the Court.
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