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  • Consultation: a new framework for industrial relations

    Date:
    24 October 2024

    With the new government rolling back key sections of the 1992 and 2016 Trade Union acts, some employers may be nervous about a potential power shift towards employees. But, finds Adam McCulloch, the newly launched consultation on the proposals puts the focus more on modernisation and streamlining processes than on absolute rights.

  • General election: What the major parties are offering employers

    Date:
    3 July 2024

    With the general election taking place on Thursday 4 July, workers will be heading to the polls to have their say on who should form the next government. If you are still undecided on who to vote for, here we round up the major political parties' policies on work-related matters, from skills policy to labour supply.

  • Minimum service strike proposals confirmed

    Date:
    9 January 2023

    The Government has confirmed that it will legislate for six broad parts of the public sector to have to provide a minimum level of service in the event of industrial action.

  • Unions take legal action over agency worker strike regulations

    Date:
    20 September 2022

    Eleven trade unions and the TUC have launched a judicial review of new regulations that allow organisations to use agency workers during strikes.

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