Subjects:

Employment Law

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Contract of Employment and Industrial Action

3. Liability for Strikes: The Economic Torts

4. The Trade Dispute Immunity

5. Secondary Action

6. Ballots

7. Statutory Restrictions

8. Action Less Than a Strike

9. Consumer Actions

10. Picketing/Criminal Law Offences

11. Inter Union Activities

12. Liability of Unions

13. Unfair Dismissal

14. Employment Protection Rights

15. Social Security

16. Injunctions (Restraining Orders)

17. Sit Ins

18. Committal

19. Sequestration

20. Damages

21. Deductions From Pay

22. Industrial Standards

23. Industrial Action Forms

24. Trade Union Recognition : the Application

25. Trade Union Recognition: Admissibility and the Bargaining Unit

26. Balloting

27. The Consequences of Recognition

28. Changes Affecting the Bargaining Unit

29. Part IV De-recognition

30. Victimization

This is a completely rewritten new edition of the classic text, The Modern Law of Strikes, by a team of expert practitioners. It provides a unique and authoritative guide to trade union recognition and the issues involved with present-day industrial action.

Industrial action has become more frequent in recent years, and this book sets out the law and procedures which employment practitioners need to be aware of. It includes full coverage of trade union recognition, social security, employment protection rights, deductions from pay, and the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on strikes and picketing. Relevant forms and precedents are also included.