The state body, the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), has declared in favour of Unite in its case against Fujitsu Services (FS) concerning the disclosure of information for the purposes of collective bargaining. Unite alleged that the company had failed to reasonably provide information over working conditions at its information technology services subsidiary (FSES) that Unite required in order to carry out collective bargaining (especially on pay) on behalf of its 800 members in FS. Unite applied for the declaration at the end of May 2014 and the declaration was made in mid-October.
The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 Section 181 provides that employers who recognise unions for collective bargaining purposes shall disclose to unions such information in their possession as is necessary to ensure they are not impeded in carrying on collective bargaining with the employer, and which is in accordance with good industrial relations practice. Section 183 allows a union to present a complaint to the CAC that an employer has failed to do so. Should an em
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