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| 18 May 2007 | Consultations on illegal working, additional paternity leave and trade unions | Employment News | The Government has recently issued three consultations relating to the employment field: |
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| 12 Jul 2007 | Employment Simplification Bill | Employment News | On 11 July, the Prime Minister announced the Government's draft legislative program for the next session of Parliament. Among the proposals is an 'Employment Simplification Bill', which will repeal th... | ||
| 27 Jul 2007 | Union merger did not save equal pay pension claims from being out of time, rules the EAT | Employment News | The EAT has delivered judgment in Unison v Allen and ors ( 0056/07) – an equal pay case not to be confused with that other, long-awaited equal pay case, GMB v Allan and ors. |
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| 31 Jul 2007 | Union did not discriminate against female members | Employment News | In GMB v Allen and ors, the EAT has overturned a contentious employment tribunal decision that a trade union subjected some of its female members to indirect sex discrimination and victimisation wh... |
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| 11 May 2009 | Blacklisting of union members to be outlawed | News from the IDS Employment Law Team | Employment News | The Government has announced that it will prevent the use of blacklists to deny workers employment as a result of their union membership or activities. The Government has the power to introduce regula... | |
| 10 Aug 2009 | ELA's response to the Blacklisting of Trade Unionists: Consultation on Revised Draft Regulations | Consultations | |||
| 9 Feb 2011 | Union to hold fresh strike ballot to pre-empt legal challenge | News from the IDS Employment Law Team | Employment News | Unite, the union representing cabin crew at British Airways, has abandoned plans for a forthcoming strike amid allegations that last month’s ballot for industrial action lacked legal validity. Whil... |
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| 1 May 2011 | RMT v Serco and ASLEF v London & Birmingham Railway | Marc Jones, Turbervilles | ELA Briefing | The courts have recently been all too willing to grant an interim injunction preventing a trade union from calling upon its members to take industrial action due to defects by the union in the balloti... | |
| 1 Jun 2011 | Public sector strikes: the legal issues | Sarah Russell, Ventura | ELA Briefing | Several unions appear to be preparing for co-ordinated public sector strike action over pensions. Following the RMT v Serco decision, it is likely to be more difficult foremployers to rely on ballotin... |