ICE Regulations and meaning of “undertaking”

It held that this term refers to the employer as a whole rather than a single business unit or “establishment”. Consequently the request by 28 employees to negotiate under the ICE Regulations was invalid – although they represented 13% of the employees who were assigned to that particular work place or establishment, they only made up 0.3% of the total workforce and the regulations require a minimum 10% of employees in the whole organisation before a request to negotiate under the regulations is valid.

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For further details on any of the issues covered in this update please contact Gemma Ospedale, Partner in Employment on 020 7583 2222.