Economic Dismissals in the United Kingdom: The Judiciary and its Search for Compliance with EU Law

The obligation to inform and consult employee representatives is at the heart of the Collective Redundancies Directive. It is a significant protection for employees as they are given the right to participate in decisions that may affect their livelihood via a collective voice. Before the adoption o...

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Auteur principal: Lorber, Pascale
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale 2021
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:The obligation to inform and consult employee representatives is at the heart of the Collective Redundancies Directive. It is a significant protection for employees as they are given the right to participate in decisions that may affect their livelihood via a collective voice. Before the adoption of this Directive, the UK legislature had not imposed any such obligation to dialogue with the workforce prior to economic dismissals. Judges had therefore to interpret the transposing instrument in...