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The collective dimension

This section contains information about collective bargaining between employers and trade unions, employee involvement through information & consultation and other means, dealing with industrial action and the rights that employees and job applicants have in relation to trade union membership.

Collective bargaining

This section deals with the practical and legal issues relating to bargaining between employers and trade unions. 

Employee involvement

This section deals with 'employee involvement', a phrase that is used to cover a wide range of ways in which employees can be involved in the business in which they work.

Industrial action

This section describes the types of industrial action that may be used by workers who are in dispute with their employer, ways of avoiding industrial action and the practical and legal considerations that employers need to bear in mind when formulating their response to it.

Trade union members

This section deals with the rights that employees and job applicants have in relation to trade union membership.