| 单词 | closed-shop agreement |
| 释义 | closed-shop agreement Under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, all employees are free to join a trade union should they opt to do so. If an employer takes action, short of dismissal, against an employee to enforce membership of a union, the employee can complain to an employment tribunal, which can order the employer to pay him compensation. Dismissal for failure to belong to a trade union is automatically unfair (see inadmissible reason). In this case there are special minimum rates of compensation payable. If, as a result of trade union pressure, an employer dismisses an employee for failing to belong to a union, the employer can join the union as a party to the dismissal proceedings and pass the liability to pay compensation on to the union. A union that attempts to enforce a closed shop by industrial action loses the immunity from legal action that it would otherwise have enjoyed if the action was in furtherance of a trade dispute. The effect of this legislation is that, while closed-shop agreements are not in themselves illegal, they are unenforceable by either employers or unions and may therefore be regarded as unlawful. |
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