Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, Paragraph 156 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
156(1)A worker has a right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer if the act or failure takes place on any of the grounds set out in sub-paragraph (2).E+W+S
(2)The grounds are that—
(a)the worker acted with a view to obtaining or preventing recognition of a union (or unions) by the employer under this Schedule;
(b)the worker indicated that he supported or did not support recognition of a union (or unions) by the employer under this Schedule;
(c)the worker acted with a view to securing or preventing the ending under this Schedule of bargaining arrangements;
(d)the worker indicated that he supported or did not support the ending under this Schedule of bargaining arrangements;
(e)the worker influenced or sought to influence the way in which votes were to be cast by other workers in a ballot arranged under this Schedule;
(f)the worker influenced or sought to influence other workers to vote or to abstain from voting in such a ballot;
(g)the worker voted in such a ballot;
(h)the worker proposed to do, failed to do, or proposed to decline to do, any of the things referred to in paragraphs (a) to (g).
(3)A ground does not fall within sub-paragraph (2) if it constitutes an unreasonable act or omission by the worker.
(4)This paragraph does not apply if the worker is an employee and the detriment amounts to dismissal within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
(5)A worker may present a complaint to an employment tribunal on the ground that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of this paragraph.
(6)Apart from the remedy by way of complaint as mentioned in sub-paragraph (5), a worker has no remedy for infringement of the right conferred on him by this paragraph.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. A1 para. 156 modified (6.6.2000) by S.I. 2000/1338, art. 3(1)(a)
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