# The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, Rule 96: Collective agreements

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where a claim includes a complaint under section 146(1) of the Equality Act relating to a term of a collective agreement, the following persons, whether or not identified in the claim, must be regarded as the persons against whom a remedy is claimed and must be treated as respondents for the purposes of these Rules—
(a) the claimant’s employer (or prospective employer), and
(b) every organisation of employers and organisation of workers, and every association of or representative of such organisations, which, if the terms were to be varied voluntarily, would be likely, in the opinion of the Tribunal, to negotiate the variation.
(2) An organisation or association must not be treated as a respondent if the Tribunal, having made such enquiries of the claimant and such other enquiries as the Tribunal thinks fit, is of the opinion that it is not reasonably practicable to identify the organisation or association.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1155/rule/96 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-96
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