[IER] Minimum service level legislation extended to ambulance, rail and border workers

[Ben Sellers]

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Minimum service level legislation extended to ambulance, rail and border workers


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Controversial Government legislation designed to provide minimum levels of service during strikes has been extended to ambulance staff, rail workers and Border Force employees. Ministers had launched a consultation on minimum service levels for ambulance staff and passenger rail workers after the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act became law.

That legislation, which was passed in Parliament earlier this year, faced robust criticism from trade unions at the time, describing it as  unworkable and in breach of international standards on the right to strike.

 



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Minimum Service Levels consultation outcomes: passenger rail, ambulance services and border security


The Government have published responses to three consultations related to Minimum Service levels in the event of a strike. 

 



 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/minimum-service-levels-consultation-outcomes-passenger-rail-ambulance-services-and-border-security/> More details 

 




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Government lays down Minimum Service Levels regulations in Parliament


On Wednesday 8th November, the Government laid down a series of extensions to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels Act), which covered rail workers, ambulance staff and border security in regulations made in written statements by each respective Minister. 

 



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Scottish ministers refuse to comply with UK government strike plan


Scottish ministers say they will refuse to co-operate with UK government legislation designed to ensure minimum levels of service during strikes. 

 



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Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act in Scotland: letter to UK Government


Letter from Health Secretary setting out the Scottish Government's continued opposition to the Act

 



 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/strikes-minimum-service-levels-act-in-scotland-letter-to-uk-government/> More details 

 




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PCS condemns ‘reckless’ and ‘vindictive’ minimum service levels legislation


PCS has condemned the government for promising to rush through anti-strike laws which would effectively criminalise strike action for thousands of our Home Office members in the Border Force and the Passport Office.

 



 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/pcs-condemns-reckless-and-vindictive-minimum-service-levels-legislation/> More details 

 




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Government revisits plan to let agency staff cover for striking nurses


The government has signalled that it intends to have another go at introducing plans that would allow employers to use agency workers to cover for nurses who are on strike. (Nursing Times)

 



 <https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/government-revisits-plan-to-let-agency-staff-cover-for-striking-nurses-09-11-2023/> More details 

 




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UN workers’ rights watchdog rebukes UK government over failures on P&O Ferries scandal


ILO demands stronger protections for workers in wake of workers’ rights scandal 

 



 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/un-workers-rights-watchdog-rebukes-uk-government-over-failures-on-po-ferries-scandal/> More details 

 




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ASDA equal pay: more than 100,000 retail workers started working ‘for free’ from Nov 6th


November 6 is the day predominantly male distribution workforce will have already earned what the predominantly female retail workforce will take home in a year
  

 



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Shadow Employment Minister Imran Hussain resigns over Labour’s Gaza stance


Labour MP Imran Hussain has quit Sir Keir Starmer's shadow ministerial team over his desire to "strongly advocate for a ceasefire" in Gaza.




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The Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023


The government has published a draft statutory instrument containing amendments to the law on holiday pay, TUPE and working time. The changes are likely to come into force on 1 January 2024.

 



 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/the-employment-rights-amendment-revocation-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2023/> More details 

 




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A must read on the 'imminent death' of fair pay agreements in New Zealand


Professor Gordon Anderson of Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, writes exclusively for the IER on the demise of Fair Pay Agreements in New Zealand and asks, are there lessons for the UK? 

 



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