{"id":88770,"date":"2021-02-09T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T12:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=88770"},"modified":"2021-02-09T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T12:34:57","slug":"redundancy-rights-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/redundancy-rights-victory\/88770\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction workers in Cheshire secure redundancy rights victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Construction workers employed at the Stanlow Oil Refinery in Cheshire have secured a redundancy rights victory thanks to Unite<\/a>, the construction union<\/h2>\n

Unite has secured an important victory over the union\u2019s right to be notified of redundancies<\/a> following a ruling regarding construction workers employed at the Stanlow Oil Refinery in Cheshire.<\/p>\n

Redundancies<\/h3>\n

In April 2020, the company Bilfinger UK, which employs workers at the facility, took the decision that it was going to makeover 100 workers redundant.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0it denied\u00a0Unite representatives\u00a0access to collective redundancy meetings\u00a0and failed to comply with the specified redundancy selection process and consult with the relevant unions.<\/p>\n

The affected workers were employed under the terms of the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry<\/a> (NAECI), the relevant industrial agreement.<\/p>\n

The NAECI agreement includes a dispute resolution<\/a> clause and Unite pursued the case via this avenue.<\/p>\n

Unite steward plays key role<\/h3>\n

Unite\u2019s senior steward at Bilfinger, Stephen Muirhead, played a key role in pursuing the case after he was barred from attending the collective redundancy meetings on behalf of the workforce.<\/p>\n

Last week the NAECI dispute panel ruled entirely in Unite\u2019s favour<\/p>\n