Protected workers recognition rules require yearly union notification, employer allocation, and final labour authority resolution of disputes. Registered Trade Unions must yearly notify the employer of the officers they seek to have recognised as protected workers, and any change in office-bearers must be reported within fifteen days. The employer must recognise eligible workers within fifteen days, subject to the statutory maximum and the distribution rules applicable where more than one registered Trade Union exists, and the recognition remains effective for twelve months. Disputes regarding recognition are to be referred to the specified labour authority, whose decision is final.