The ITF Staff Union has filed a further complaint alleging that ITF managemet has failed to respect the law and our internal policies on the duty to conduct genuine consultation.
The ITF has a legal obligation to undertake consultation with staff in relation to the mass redundancy and organisation-wide restructuring process initiated on 2 June 2025.
As per ACAS, an employer proposing redundancies of this scale “should hold a genuine and meaningful consultation”. For a consultation to be genuine and meaningful, the employer must seriously consider the ideas of those consulted and try to come to an agreement. Crucially, the consultation must be at a point when proposals are at a formative stage, when the employer is open to ideas and when it can substantially influence the outcome.
The ITF also has an internal policy on restructuring and is party to a Collective Bargaining Agreement with Unite, including for the purposes of negotiation on any changes to terms and conditions of employment. The restructuring policy outlines a clear set of steps that must be followed sequentially.
These obligations and policies have not been respected. Since its inception the rushed “change process” has been marked by chaos, uncertainty, contradictory information, omissions, and a lack of clear planning or strategic thinking. There is a strong sense that ITF leadership started this process with a clear end goal in mind.
The union has conducted a survey of our members to gauge their views on this process. We have come to the close of scheduled team consultations, which were meant to provide greater clarity to staff, and the eve of the deadline for “voluntary redundancy” applications, which was extended with the expectation that staff would be provided with all the information they needed by this point to make an informed decision about their future.
A majority of unionised workers participated in the survey. Data from respondents is clear: staff have no confidence that genuine consultation has taken place.
Question 1: Have you been provided clear information about how the change process will impact your employment?
- Yes: 22.4%
- No: 77.6%
Question 2: If you have attended a team consultation session, have you been provided with a clear rationale for the specific changes to your team?
- Yes: 7.8%
- No: 92.2%
Question 3: Have you received satisfactory answers to all of your questions?
- Yes: 1.8%
- No: 98.2%
Question 4: Have you been provided all the information you need to make an informed decision about your future at the ITF?
- Yes: 5.2%
- No: 94.8%
Question 5: Have you been provided with sufficient time to make an informed decision about your future at the ITF?
- Yes: 8.8%
- No: 91.2%
Question 6: Have you been provided all the information you need to suggest alternative proposals that would allow the ITF to avoid compulsory redundancies?
- Yes: 5.2%
- No: 94.8%
Question 7: Do you feel that your alternative proposals would be implemented if sound?
- Yes: 10.5%
- No: 89.5%
Question 8: Is the change process negatively impacting your mental or physical health and/or your ability to do your work effectively?
- Yes: 91.4%
- No: 8.6%
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