“The Government is pressing ahead with legislation to enact its controversial public sector pension reform in the new year, even though an agreement has not been reached with unions to end the bitter dispute.”
The Independent, 20th December 2011
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
“The union representing court workers has voiced opposition to justice secretary Kenneth Clarke’s wish to extend opening hours.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A High Court test case has been launched to tackle the ‘biggest robbery’ from the pension payouts to British pensioners, unions have claimed. The head of Britain’s largest civil service union sets out the case against the change in pension indexation from the retail price index to the consumer price index.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Public-sector unions will today open up a new front in their battle with the Government over pension reform with a legal challenge to recently introduced rules over the way annual increases are calculated.”
The Independent, 24th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The two largest Civil Service unions have lost their High Court challenge to a scheme which will reduce benefits paid to members on redundancy and early retirement.”
The Independent, 10th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The two largest civil service unions have lost their High Court challenge to a scheme that will reduce benefits paid to members on redundancy and early retirement.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Unions have begun legal action after more than 99% of Southampton City Council workers signed new contracts forcing many to take a pay cut.”
BBC News, 13th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The courts will rely on their depleted ranks of senior managers to remain open during industrial action, when Ministry of Justice members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) strike on 30 June in protest at proposed changes to public sector pensions and job cuts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Ministers have taken part in high-level discussions on how to change strike laws should a surge in industrial action threaten to disrupt the economy and future international events, including Wimbledon and next year’s Olympics.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One of the London Underground drivers whose sacking sparked a planned series of Tube strikes has won his claim of unfair dismissal.”
The Independent, 6th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Where a trade union proposed to take industrial action there was no obligation on the union for the purpose of section 230(2) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to explain any more than how the lists and figures of the union membership for the ballot were reached. Therefore, where the employers complained that the ballot records sent to members working in several places of work were not accurate and the union relied on the database records of the union even though there were very minor inaccuracies in them caused by the movement of union members, such errors did not invalidate the strike decision reached by a great majority of the members who voted.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Two rail unions have welcomed a court ruling that prevents minor mistakes in balloting being used to halt strikes.”
BBC News, 4th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rules may be changed so that strike is only lawful if a majority of those entitled to vote back the action.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Business leaders will today urge the government to introduce stringent new laws to make it harder for public sector workers to go on strike and prevent the country grinding to a halt as opposition grows to the looming spending cuts.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Civil service unions are threatening strike action after the government announced a ‘non-negotiable’ new redundancy deal that will reduce pay-outs for compulsory redundancies from a maximum of more than six years to just one year.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government was today (5 July) accused of declaring war on trade unions as ministers moved to cut the redundancy terms of public sector workers and reports emerged of plans to tighten up the law on strike ballots.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has slapped down calls by business leaders for changes to rules regarding strike ballots.”
BBC News, 21st June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The TUC has condemned new proposals from the powerful business lobby group CBI to make it harder for workers to strike as ‘a charter for exploitation at work’.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron has ordered a review of health and safety laws to tackle the ‘compensation culture’ that has mushroomed in Britain in the past 10 years.”
The Independent, 14th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Earlier this month, the Public and Commercial Services Union challenged the government’s attempts to reduce the level of redundancy pay for civil servants, and won. The case has been hailed as a ‘major victory’, but it may not be the triumph it first appears.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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