The Conservative government has published its long awaited Trade Union Bill. It includes measures on new, more stringent thresholds for mandates for industrial action as well as allowing employers to use agency workers during strikes, stipulations on the length of time a mandate for action is valid and the obligation to give a further week of notice of industrial to employers.
The Conservative government has published its long awaited Trade Union Bill. The Bill was promised in the Conservative manifesto for the general election. This trailed the introduction of new thresholds for mandates for industrial action. Now the Bill has put flesh on the bones of the other proposals on using agency workers to break strikes, the length of time a mandate for action is valid and so on.
In addition to the existing law that a majority of members must vote ‘yes’ in a ballot for strike or industrial action short of a strike (overtime ban, work-to-rule), all ballots must now also see a minimum turnout of 50%.
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