Protection Without Immunity
Use representative protection responsibly without treating it as a license to bypass process.
Amir wants to challenge a disciplinary pattern. A supervisor warns, “Be careful; you are still an employee.” Amir needs protection to speak and discipline in how he represents people. ILO C135 worker representative protection matters in works-council practice because representatives work through timing, evidence, mandate, and trust at the same time. The concept is role protection for worker representatives. The mechanism is role clarity: protection shields representative work, not every personal behavior: it turns a broad workplace concern into a step that management, employees, and representatives can inspect. Without that mechanism, the conversation easily becomes a performance of frustration: management…
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