LRD guides and handbook January 2014

Case law at work - 10th edition

Chapter 4

4. PAY AND CONDITIONS

Collective agreements

In the UK, collective agreements are not legally binding between the parties to that agreement — the union and the employer (section 179, Trade Union and Labour Relations Consolidation Act 1992). Instead, they are binding “in honour” and backed up voluntarily by good employment relations and the implicit threat of collective industrial action. Only collective terms that have been incorporated into the individual employment contract are legally binding.