[2007] National Distribution Union Inc v General Distributors Ltd AK AC 7/07 [pdf, 269 KB]
...provided for by the statute and within the timeframe specified by the employer and the union in their collective agreement. [64] This approach to rights and responsibilities in employment relations seems to us contrary to the general thrust of consumer and other social legislation that persons should not, by their inertia, be bound, effectively or irrevocably to private financial arrangements they may resent. Although Part 6B of the Act relating to bargaining fees contains a number...