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Trade unions: Courts come full circle on detrimental treatment against strikers
The Court of Appeal has overturned the EAT and decided that workers are not protected against detriment for participating in industrial action. Philip Cameron and Chris Coombes report Employers have considered it lawful to subject employees who go on strike to detrimental treatment. For many years, legal practitioners have been aligned in their interpretation of …
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- Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd & anor [2021] UKEAT/0196/20/JOJ
- Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd & anor [2022] EWCA Civ 379
- Ryanair DAC v Morais & ors [2021] EA-2021-000275