Industrial action

New and updated

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  Economic data

  Labour disputes

  Updated to include official statistics from the ONS for October 2024 on days lost to labour disputes and the number of stoppages. The next ONS release date is 21 January 2025. 

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  Employment law guide

  Picketing

  Updated to reflect the launch of a Government consultation on the reform of trade union legislation, which was published on 21 October 2024.

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  Employment law guide

  Handling industrial action

  Updated to reflect the launch of a Government consultation on the reform of trade union legislation, which was published on 21 October 2024.

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  Legal timetable

  Reform of trade union laws - phase two

  The Employment Rights Bill includes various provisions to reform industrial relations law.

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  Legal timetable

  Reform of trade union laws - phase one

  Updated to reflect the publication of the Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter to worker confirming requirement to work during strike action (minimum service levels)

  Updated with the Government's announcement that it plans to repeal the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter to trade union issuing work notice (minimum service levels)

  Updated with the Government's announcement that it plans to repeal the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023.

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  Employment law cases

  Supreme Court rules that trade union detriment law breaches human rights

  In Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer, the Supreme Court held that s.146 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULR(C)A) is incompatible with art.11 as it does not protect workers against detriment for participating in industrial action.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Minimum service levels during strikes

  Updated to reflect that the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 has received Royal Assent.

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  FAQs

  Where employees take strike action, can their employer hire temporary staff to cover their work?