Member

Amendment 215AZZD would safeguard the integrity of union recognition processes by requiring the CAC to consider whether excluding new employees from a ballot would materially affect the outcome or undermine democratic fairness before issuing a union recognition decision. The Government’s proposals, in their current form, allow for the exclusion of workers who joined after the application day without any requirement to assess the impact of that exclusion on the ballot’s fairness. This risks union recognition being declared on a workforce snapshot that does not reflect the reality at the time of the decision. Such a process is inherently unfair and could lead to recognition decisions that lack legitimacy. By requiring the CAC to make a considered judgment on the fairness of excluding new employees, the amendment would ensure that recognition declarations were founded on a truly representative mandate.