DeieT i, TELLS MEMBERS TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT TRRMS OF ENPLOYMENT
The Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians issceiation has warned ites members to study closely their written termes of employment which heave been provided by their employers to comply with the Contracts of Employment Act. The Engineering Employers! Federation recently gave its menber-companies advice on providing these statements and the union wants to check any ~ attempt by employers to give legal stetus to vnluntary collective agreements between unions and employers. This could be done by including these agree= ments in the terms of employment. The union fears that if this were done it would be liable to more Rookes v. Barnerd type cases,
A spokesman for the Assodation said on October Ath that there was no suggestion cf members being instructed to reject their contracts en masse. However If a-member found that the information provided by the employer included the industry's negotiating procedure he could mot secept the state cent. "We take the traditional British point of view that the procedure sereenent is a voluntary method of settling disputes and not 2 legal obligation,” he concluded,
from @ legal correspondent.