Sign-in Help

Trade unions and industrial action

View Employment by content type:

News
Practice notes
Precedents
Q&As

Latest Employment News

Equal pay: Supreme Court guidance on ‘common terms’ where comparator is at different establishment (Asda Stores v Brierley and others)

Equal pay: Supreme Court guidance on ‘common terms’ where comparator is at different establishment (Asda Stores v Brierley and others)

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Equal pay: Supreme Court guidance on ‘common terms’ where comparator is at different establishment (Asda Stores v Brierley and others)

Holiday taken but unpaid cannot be carried forward for holiday pay claim (Smith v Pimlico Plumbers)

Holiday taken but unpaid cannot be carried forward for holiday pay claim (Smith v Pimlico Plumbers)

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Holiday taken but unpaid cannot be carried forward for holiday pay claim (Smith v Pimlico Plumbers)

Employment weekly highlights—8 April 2021

Employment weekly highlights—8 April 2021

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Employment weekly highlights—8 April 2021

Route map for retained EU law—a new Court of Appeal judgment (Lipton v BA City Flyer Ltd)

Route map for retained EU law—a new Court of Appeal judgment (Lipton v BA City Flyer Ltd)

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Route map for retained EU law—a new Court of Appeal judgment (Lipton v BA City Flyer Ltd)

Featured Employment content

Contractual redundancy payments

Contractual redundancy payments

An employee is entitled to a statutory redundancy payment when:•he has been continuously employed for not less than two years•he has been dismissed,...

Unfair dismissal remedies—general

Unfair dismissal remedies—general

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020 (Week’s Pay Amendment Regs 2020),...

The term of trust and confidence

The term of trust and confidence

Every contract of employment is treated as containing an imposed term of trust and confidence. This requires employers and employees not to conduct...

Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)

Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)

BREXIT IMPACT: The drafting and enforcement of the applicable law (governing law) and jurisdiction clause in this Precedent may be affected by Brexit....

Practice notes

The duty of fidelity and fiduciary duties

All employees are under a duty of fidelity to their employer. The duty of fidelity is also known as the duty of good faith, or of loyalty.Fidelity is...
Read More >
9th Nov
Precedents

Letter—from employer placing employee on garden leave

[To be typed on employer’s headed notepaper][Enter name and address of employee][Enter date]by handDear [enter name]Garden leaveI refer to [[enter...
Read More >
9th Nov
Precedents

Letter—TUPE (9) from employee objecting to transfer

[Strictly private and confidential][Address][Date]Dear [enter name(s) of relevant individual(s) at the transferor],Proposed transfer of [enter...
Read More >
9th Nov
Precedents

Letter—TUPE (3) letter from transferee to transferor to inform of proposed measures

[To be typed on headed notepaper of transferee][Strictly private and confidential][Address][Date]Dear [enter name(s) of relevant individual(s) at the...
Read More >
9th Nov
Practice notes

Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissal

To succeed in a claim of unfair dismissal, the claimant must establish that they were dismissed by the employer. A contract of employment may...
Read More >
9th Nov
tag iconIn-house
Precedents

Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)Following our most recent...
Read More >
9th Nov
Practice notes

Unfair dismissal time limit

Three months beginning with the effective date of terminationAn unfair dismissal claim must generally be submitted to the employment tribunal within...
Read More >
9th Nov
Practice notes

Employment tribunal case management

Coronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and until...
Read More >
9th Nov
Practice notes

The basic award

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020 (Week’s Pay Amendment Regs 2020),...
Read More >
9th Nov
Practice notes

Striking out and unless orders in employment tribunal proceedings

Coronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and until...
Read More >
9th Nov
tag iconIn-house
Precedents

ET3 grounds of resistance—unfair dismissal: protected disclosure

1Paragraph 1 of the Grounds of Claim is admitted.2As to paragraph 2 of the Grounds of Claim, it is denied that the Claimant’s colleagues were...
Read More >
9th Nov
Practice notes

Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claims

Pension loss will generally only arise in cases where an individual has lost their job and the pension provision that went with that job. An...
Read More >
Produced in partnership with Keith Bryant QC of Outer Temple Chambers. 12th Jan
Precedents

Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing

[Insert date][Insert] Employment Tribunal[insert address]To the [insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert case name]Case No: [Insert case number]...
Read More >
9th Nov
Precedents

ET1 grounds of claim—direct sex discrimination, sexual harassment and constructive dismissal

[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as a [job title]. She worked at the Respondent’s premises at...
Read More >
9th Nov
Practice notes

Collective agreements

Collective agreements are agreements negotiated between one or more trade unions and employers or employers' associations and which relate to one or...
Read More >
9th Nov
Precedents

Letter—employer acknowledgement of notification of maternity leave

Date: [insert date]Dear [insert name of employee]Congratulations and thank you for telling me about your pregnancy and the date that your baby is due....
Read More >
9th Nov

Most recent Trade unions and industrial action content

Practice notes

Balloting for and employer notification of industrial action

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

The right to take industrial action

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

The Certification Officer

Coronavirus (COVID-19): On 11 May 2020 the Certification Officer published advice on complying with the Trade Union and Labour Relations...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Industrial action—guidance for employers

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Trade union blacklisting

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Read More >
Produced in partnership with Keith Bryant QC of Outer Temple Chambers 9th Apr
Practice notes

Industrial action—guidance for employees

Although industrial action is often seen primarily as a battle between an employer and a trade union, it must be remembered that:•the union is only...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

The Central Arbitration Committee

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note is updated to take account of changes relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. See: Complaints and...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Trade union recognition changes and derecognition

This Practice Note examines the procedure for changes to union recognition, particularly where the bargaining unit is no longer appropriate or where...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Unlawful types of industrial action

Industrial action will usually give rise to tortious liability at common law, both on the part of the participants and the trade union that organised...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Picketing

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Trade union listing and independence

ListingOne of the administrative functions of the Certification Officer (see Practice Note: The Certification Officer) is to maintain a list of trade...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Trade union recognition

An employer may 'recognise' a trade union for a number of different purposes, and at one of a number of different ‘levels’. On the other hand, even...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Trade union liability for industrial action

The organisation of industrial action by a trade union will usually give rise to some form of liability at common law. For example, calling workers to...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Union status and capacity

Both workers and employers may form groupings that could generally be described as ‘unions’. In the case of employers these are usually called...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Reference to Central Arbitration Committee

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note is updated to take account of changes relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. See: The questions...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Union subscriptions

AuthorisationMany employers enter into arrangements with one or more trade unions for the deduction by the employer of union subscriptions from the...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Union obligations

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Trade Union Act 2016 includes various measures in relation to unions including changes to the role of the Certification...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

The rights conferred by trade union recognition

A number of specific rights are conferred on an independent (see Practice Note: Trade union listing and independence) trade union once it has been...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Union advice and representation

Membership of a trade union gives an individual worker access to advice and other assistance from the union in a number of work-related...
Read More >
9th Apr
Practice notes

Collective agreements

Collective agreements are agreements negotiated between one or more trade unions and employers or employers' associations and which relate to one or...
Read More >
7th Apr

Popular documents

LEXISNEXIS

Conditions precedent in commercial contracts

This Practice Note considers the meaning and use of conditions precedent in commercial arrangements. It also considers typical conditions precedent and drafting issues.What are conditions precedent?A condition precedent in a commercial contract details an event which must take place before:•a

LEXISNEXIS

Constructive trusts

Millett LJ subdivided types of constructive trust into two categories, distinguishing between:•the constructive trust proper, where equity intervenes to prevent the legal owner from unconscionably denying the beneficial interest of another (known as the institutional constructive trust)•the

LEXISNEXIS

Burden and standard of proof in criminal proceedings

There are two kinds of burden:•the legal burden, and•the evidential burdenThe legal burdenA party has the legal (sometimes called ‘the persuasive’) burden where the onus is on that party to prove a fact or issue in a case to the required standard of proof.The legal burden is generally on the

LEXISNEXIS

Skeleton arguments

This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your matter is proceeding, you may also need to be mindful of additional provisions—see further below.Note: this Practice Note does not deal with the