Trade unions and industrial action: health (England and Wales)
Updating author: Julie Steele
Consultant editor: Capsticks
Summary
- Information is available on handling industrial action. (See Managing industrial disputes)
- Specified public-sector employers are required to publish information in relation to trade union facility time under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (see Requirement to report on facility time)
- Terms and conditions relating to trade union membership and facilities for trade unions and staff organisations are set out in the various handbooks. (See Agenda for Change; NHS medical and dental staff; and Consultants)
- The NHS recognises a number of unions and representative bodies. (See Unions and representative bodies)