Co-Operative Group Ltd

Case Summary

The Claimants' claims for protective awards under section 189 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 are dismissed as the Claimants have no standing to bring such claims.

The claimants lacked legal standing to bring claims for protective awards under section 189 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, as only employees who have been dismissed as part of a collective redundancy with inadequate consultation can bring such claims.

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• •Whether the Claimants were of a description in respect of which an independent trade union was recognised by the Respondent at the time of the proposal to dismiss as redundant (s.188(1B)(a)) such that the complaint must be brought by the trade union (s.189(1)(c))

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