Rise in applications for statutory recognition in 2012-13

A “substantial number” of applications for union recognition in residential care contributed to an overall rise in statutory claims in 2012-13, according to the 2012-13 annual report of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC).

In the year ending 31 March 2013, there were 54 applications under the statutory procedure compared with 43 the previous year and 28 two years earlier. In addition, a significant number of voluntary agreements were reached through withdrawal of the statutory procedure.

CAC analysis of the total number of applications received under the statutory process indicates that overall, 163 voluntary agreements were reached from cases that began as statutory applications, suggesting that the total number of applications resulting in recognition as at 31 March 2013 was 412, or roughly half the number of applications submitted.

See also Is it only a flash of recognition?, McKay and Moore, Labour Research, May 2013 (www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=LR&iss=1660&id=id135205).