[IER] Minimum Service Levels: Code of Practice on reasonable steps published

Fri Sep 1 16:52:59 BST 2023

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Minimum Service Levels: Code of Practice on reasonable steps published

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The Government has published a new draft statutory Code of Practice on the ‘reasonable steps’ a trade union should take to be compliant with the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023.

The consultation follows up the passing into law of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act which gained Royal Assent last month. This would allow the government to set service levels in key sectors such as transport, border security and emergency services during priods of industrial action.

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Labour faces criticism for backtracking on workers’ rights commitments

A series of articles takes the Labour Party to task over the dropping of the pledge to create a single status for all workers

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Labour’s fudge on workers’ rights pledge

Reports that Labour is about to review its commitment to workers’ rights are not a great surprise, argues Professor Keith Ewing 

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Labour’s Most Damaging U-turn

Labour's commitment to reverse the decline of unions is the only way for Britain to end job insecurity and in-work poverty. The transformative New Deal policy document must not be undermined, writes Lord John Hendy (via Tribune Magazine) 

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Why do trade unions and workers look to law?

In the last of our Labour, Strategy, and Legal Mobilisation blogs, Glasgow University Law leturer Eleanor Kirk writes on the construction of legalities, law making and legal consciousness 

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Join us in Liverpool for our TUC Congress fringe

The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) and the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom will be holding a joint fringe, 'Trade Unions and the Law: the drift towards authoritarianism' on Sunday evening next weekend (10th September)  

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