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- Date:
- 9 January 2023
- Type:
- News
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.
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- Type:
- Survey analysis
HR is anticipating another challenging year as they play a key role in protecting the business in uncertain economic times by ensuring the right people are in the right roles, while also supporting employees sustainably through the cost-of-living crisis.
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- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay settlements have risen to their highest levels for 30 years, but most still fall short of inflation. We look at how the pressure on living standards caused by the cost-of-living crisis means employers are looking at other levers to support employees.
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- Date:
- 5 October 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
In the current political climate, it seems foolish to make predictions about the Government's future policy in relation to employment law. But amidst widespread speculation about a "bonfire of rights", it is worth looking at what the Government has so far said and done that might indicate the direction of travel, according to consultant editor Darren Newman.
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- Date:
- 21 September 2022
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Nick Chronias, partner in DAC Beachcroft's employment and pensions group discusses the steps employers can take to avoid industrial action and what obligations employers have once a ballot for industrial action has been successful among employees who are members of a trade union.
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- Date:
- 20 September 2022
- Type:
- News
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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- Date:
- 26 July 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Consultant editor Darren Newman argues that more restrictive trade union laws, such as the lifting of the ban on using agency workers during industrial action and an increase in the level of damages that can be awarded against unions for unlawful industrial action, are not the answer to tackling the current wave of industrial unrest.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In INEOS Infrastructure Grangemouth Ltd v Jones and others, the EAT held that the employer had offered an unlawful inducement when it imposed a pay award in circumstances where collective bargaining pay negotiations had not been exhausted.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated with links to the latest Codes of practice and guidance from official bodies, including on right to work checks.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd and another, the Court of Appeal held that legislation that provides protection against detriment for trade union activities cannot be interpreted to cover detriment for participation in industrial action.