Introduction

All businesses involve and communicate with their employees in some way. There are some situations when the law requires this communication to take place. Larger businesses are likely to need to deal with employee representatives at some time even if they normally prefer to deal directly with all employees.

This guide explains how to deal with these legal obligations, how to get the best from working with employee representatives, and where to go for help.

Subjects covered in this guide

• Introduction
• The role of employee representatives
• Employee representatives and the law
• Redundancies and transfers
• Health and safety, pensions
• Information and consultation, works councils, working hours
• Representation of individual employees
• Working effectively with employee representatives