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Industrial action: Summer strike disruption – understand what’s lawful

Tim Tyndall looks at the rights of workers taking part in industrial action, protections for employers from unofficial action and proposed government reforms of strike laws The main legal remedy available to employers who believe a trade union has made mistakes in the way it has organised industrial action is to apply for an injunction …

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The Queen’s Speech: Hamlet without the prince

Stefan Martin and Jo Broadbent comment on the bills in the Queen’s Speech that will be relevant to employment law, despite the Employment Bill’s absence Commentators for employers and employees alike have suggested that the Queen’s Speech is a missed opportunity to safeguard worker rights. At the beginning of the year, there was a general …

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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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