Paragraphs 36 to 39 of the Schedule prevent employer circumvention of the freeze on the bargaining unit by making a Part III application on the basis that the bargaining unit is no longer appropriate due to a substantial change in the number of workers in that bargaining unit. This will place a bar of three years preventing an employer submitting a Part III application (changes to the bargaining unit) on the ground that the bargaining unit is no longer appropriate due to a substantial change in the number of workers in that bargaining unit.
Part 4: Trade Unions and Industrial Action, etc Trade union recognition Part 3 – Changes affecting bargaining unit after recognition Changes relevant to appropriateness of bargaining unit