From The Next Web · Alina Maria Stan · · 1m
Google lets union recruiters into UK offices
Google agrees to grant the Prospect union access to its UK workplaces after new employment law gives unions the right to recruit on site.
In brief
Google agrees to grant the Prospect union access to its UK workplaces after new employment law gives unions the right to recruit on site. Google has agreed to let the Prospect union recruit staff in its UK offices, including King's Cross, following new UK employment law that gives unions workplace access rights…
Google opens offices to union recruiters
Google has agreed to let the Prospect union speak to its UK staff in its offices, including its King's Cross headquarters in London. The deal was announced on Monday.
What the union wants from Google
Under the deal, Prospect can talk to Google employees in person and online, and hold sessions on joining a union.Google has more than seven thousand staff in the UK.
New UK law forces Google's hand
The agreement follows a change in UK law.Since Friday, unions have had a legal right to enter workplaces to recruit members, as part of the Labour government's Employment Rights Act.
The short version
Google has agreed to let the Prospect union recruit staff in its UK offices, including King's Cross, following new UK employment law that gives unions workplace access rights.
