Explanatory Memorandum

Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

2004 No. 3078

Commentary on Articles

Schedule 1 .Amendment of Schedule 1a to the 1995 Order

Unfair practice in relation to derecognition ballots

Paragraph 13 inserts into Schedule 1A new paragraphs 119A to 119I which concern unfair practices during derecognition ballots. In particular, the provisions: create a duty on the parties to refrain from unfair practices; set out how complaints of unfair practices are to be handled; and provide for the consequences of a decision by the IC that a complaint of unfair practice is well-founded.