Competition (Trade Union Membership) Bill 2006

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would allow trade unions to organise and negotiate collectively for people who personally provide work or services, even if they are treated as self-employed contractors rather than employees. It would protect such negotiations from competition-law rules on anti-competitive agreements when dealing with businesses, while still preventing price-fixing in services sold directly to consumers. The aim is to stop workers losing both employment protections and the ability to bargain collectively when employers classify them as self-employed.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to delimit the application of the Competition Act 2002 to trade unions and trade union members, and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018