holidays and the employer

[mumer63]

my husbands employers have said that anyone who is not with the union will have their holiday entitlement cut also any overtime they do this year will be paid at time and a quarter instead of time and a half and double time on sunday.can they do this?they also quite often lay people off once a week with just a few hours notice

[buildersmate]

Are you sure?
Discrimination on grounds of membership or non-membership of a TU is not legal
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/de tail?type=RESOURCES&itemId=1073792253

[alavahalf]

Sounds like a poor employer...forget unions...I think your husband has to look at his contract of employment...
Has he got one ?
His terms of employment, should be laid out in the contract that he signed with his employer, when he first started.
Hourly rate..rate for over time...sick pay and holiday entitlement etc...are things that should be agreed and put down in writing at the start of employment..!

[buildersmate]

That contribution unfortunately doesn't actually move us forward.
Employers can change terms and conditions by consultation with staff and then by giving the appropriate notice period.
What they can't do, is to differentiate on grounds of TU membership or non-membership - which appears to be what is happening here.