Industrial Action; IDS Employment Law Handbook

Helping you gain a full understanding of the legislation dealing with industrial action and how it applies in practice, this invaluable employment law resource: Provides an overview of the law governing strikes and other industrial action 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 unions forfeit that immunity, e.g. where industrial action does not have the support of a secret ballot Describes the law on picketing Sets out the remedies available against unions for unprotected 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, e.g. the right to wages or redundancy payment