Helping you gain a full understanding of the legislation, Industrial Action:
- Provides an in depth account of the law governing strikes and other industrial action, incorporating all the changes introduced by the Trade Union Act 2016
- Sets out the legal liabilities to which unions are exposed
- Explains the basic statutory immunities for unions organising industrial action and considers the circumstances in which they forfeit that immunity
- Describes the law on picketing
- Sets out the remedies available for unlawful industrial action
- Covers the dismissal of participants taking part in either official or unofficial industrial action
- Deals with the legal impact of industrial action on continuity of employment and employment rights