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650-86 | any changes to employee numbers and organisation, employment prospects, and particularly any threats to jobs within the company or organisation | 650 | Request an information and consultation agreement with your employer | 86 | 6,131 | 6,274 |
650-87 | decisions that might lead to changes in work organisation or in employment contracts including TUPE transfers and collective redundancies | 650 | Request an information and consultation agreement with your employer | 87 | 6,275 | 6,412 |
650-88 | Complaints when an agreement is in place | 650 | Request an information and consultation agreement with your employer | 88 | 6,413 | 6,453 |
650-89 | Complain to CAC by filling in the relevant form if you believe: | 650 | Request an information and consultation agreement with your employer | 89 | 6,454 | 6,517 |
650-90 | your employer has not complied with the terms of an agreement | 650 | Request an information and consultation agreement with your employer | 90 | 6,518 | 6,579 |
650-91 | your employer has made an unreasonable request that you keep information confidential | 650 | Request an information and consultation agreement with your employer | 91 | 6,580 | 6,665 |
650-92 | that disclosing particular information would harm your business | 650 | Request an information and consultation agreement with your employer | 92 | 6,666 | 6,729 |
651-0 | Overview | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 0 | 0 | 8 |
651-1 | Industrial action is when workers: | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 1 | 9 | 43 |
651-2 | go on strike | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 2 | 44 | 56 |
651-3 | take other action, like refusing to do overtime (known as ‘action short of a strike’) | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 3 | 57 | 142 |
651-4 | Sometimes an employer may stop their workers from working or coming back to work during a dispute. This is called a ‘lock-out’. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 4 | 143 | 270 |
651-5 | Calling industrial action | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 5 | 271 | 296 |
651-6 | Industrial action happens when trade union members are in a dispute with their employers that can’t be solved through negotiations. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 6 | 297 | 428 |
651-7 | A trade union can only call for industrial action if a majority of its members involved support it in a properly organised postal vote - called a ‘ballot’. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 7 | 429 | 584 |
651-8 | Before organising a ballot, a union must decide which members affected by a dispute it wants to ask to take industrial action. It must tell all members entitled to vote and the employer what the ballot results were. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 8 | 585 | 800 |
651-9 | A trade union calls industrial action by telling members and the employer when and how this action will be taken. This should be done by a trade union official or committee that has the legal right to do so. Your voting paper must have said who this is. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 9 | 801 | 1,054 |
651-10 | Taking part in industrial action - your rights | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 10 | 1,055 | 1,101 |
651-11 | If you’re a trade union member, you have the right to vote before your union asks you to take industrial action. You don’t have to take part in industrial action and can’t be disciplined by your union if you don’t. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 11 | 1,102 | 1,316 |
651-12 | If you do get excluded or expelled from your union, you can complain to an employment tribunal. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 12 | 1,317 | 1,412 |
651-13 | Secondary action | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 13 | 1,413 | 1,429 |
651-14 | It’s against the law to take part in ‘secondary action’ (going on strike in sympathy with people who work for a different employer). | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 14 | 1,430 | 1,562 |
651-15 | Holding a ballot | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 15 | 1,563 | 1,579 |
651-16 | Your union must have a vote (a ‘ballot’) that’s properly organised according to legal rules. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 16 | 1,580 | 1,672 |
651-17 | Properly organised ballots | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 17 | 1,673 | 1,699 |
651-18 | A ballot for industrial action must: | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 18 | 1,700 | 1,736 |
651-19 | be supervised by a qualified independent person (a ‘scrutineer’ - often someone from an organisation like the Electoral Reform Society) appointed by the union if over 50 members are being balloted | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 19 | 1,737 | 1,933 |
651-20 | be held before the union asks members to take or continue taking action | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 20 | 1,934 | 2,005 |
651-21 | be open to all members the union wants to take action | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 21 | 2,006 | 2,059 |
651-22 | be a postal ballot where members vote by marking a box on a voting paper and return it in a prepaid envelope | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 22 | 2,060 | 2,168 |
651-23 | include information on what the ballot is about and where to post your vote | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 23 | 2,169 | 2,244 |
651-24 | The union must tell everyone entitled to vote how many people voted, the number of yes votes, no votes or spoiled papers as soon as it can after the ballot. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 24 | 2,245 | 2,401 |
651-25 | It must also give the employer one week’s notice of the start of the ballot and tell them the result as soon as possible once it’s available. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 25 | 2,402 | 2,543 |
651-26 | There’s practical guidance on these rules in the code of practice on industrial action ballots. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 26 | 2,544 | 2,639 |
651-27 | Questions on the voting paper | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 27 | 2,640 | 2,669 |
651-28 | When you’re balloted, your voting paper must ask whether you want to take part in either (or both): | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 28 | 2,670 | 2,769 |
651-29 | strike action | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 29 | 2,770 | 2,783 |
651-30 | action short of a strike | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 30 | 2,784 | 2,808 |
651-31 | The union can only call on members to take action if a majority of members who voted were in favour of that particular action. If both questions are asked on the ballot paper and members vote yes to both, the union can decide what industrial action to take. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 31 | 2,809 | 3,066 |
651-32 | Complaining about ballots | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 32 | 3,067 | 3,092 |
651-33 | You can apply for a court order if your union breaks the rules on industrial action ballots. You can take legal advice before doing this. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 33 | 3,093 | 3,230 |
651-34 | The court may order the union not to organise action if it decides a ballot wasn’t held according to the rules. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 34 | 3,231 | 3,342 |
651-35 | You can apply for a temporary injunction that tells the union not to call industrial action if your case can’t be heard in court straight away. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 35 | 3,343 | 3,486 |
651-36 | If the union doesn’t do what the court says, you can ask them to ‘declare the union to be in contempt of court’ and the union can be fined. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 36 | 3,487 | 3,626 |
651-37 | Your employment rights during industrial action | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 37 | 3,627 | 3,674 |
651-38 | You have the right to take industrial action and you can’t be legally forced to stay at, or go back to, work (unless a ballot wasn’t organised properly). | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 38 | 3,675 | 3,828 |
651-39 | If you take industrial action, you’ll probably have broken (be ‘in breach of’) your employment contract and your employer: | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 39 | 3,829 | 3,951 |
651-40 | is unlikely to pay for the work you didn’t do when you took industrial action | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 40 | 3,952 | 4,029 |
651-41 | can sue you for breaking your contract (this doesn’t happen often) | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 41 | 4,030 | 4,096 |
651-42 | Taking industrial action doesn’t usually mean that your employer will say you’ve broken your period of continuous employment with them. This begins when you start working for your employer and ends on the day your employer uses to calculate your length of service. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 42 | 4,097 | 4,361 |
651-43 | However, if you take industrial action, your employer will reduce your length of service with them by the number of days you were on strike. This is important when working out your pension and things like statutory redundancy pay. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 43 | 4,362 | 4,592 |
651-44 | Dismissal for industrial action | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 44 | 4,593 | 4,624 |
651-45 | You can’t be dismissed for industrial action if: | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 45 | 4,625 | 4,673 |
651-46 | it’s called as a result of a properly organised ballot | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 46 | 4,674 | 4,728 |
651-47 | it’s about a trade dispute between workers and their employer (eg about your terms and conditions) | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 47 | 4,729 | 4,827 |
651-48 | a detailed notice about the industrial action (which is legally required) has been given to the employer at least 7 days before it begins | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 48 | 4,828 | 4,965 |
651-49 | You can claim unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal if you’re dismissed for taking industrial action at any time within the 12 weeks after the action began. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 49 | 4,966 | 5,127 |
651-50 | After 12 weeks, you can be dismissed if you take industrial action and your employer has tried to settle the dispute. For example, your employer may bring in advisers from Acas to help find a solution. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 50 | 5,128 | 5,329 |
651-51 | When you may be dismissed | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 51 | 5,330 | 5,355 |
651-52 | You could be dismissed for taking part in industrial action if: | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 52 | 5,356 | 5,419 |
651-53 | the union hasn’t held a properly organised ballot | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 53 | 5,420 | 5,469 |
651-54 | the union hasn’t given the employer the correct notice for balloting members or taking action | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 54 | 5,470 | 5,563 |
651-55 | the union hasn’t called its members to take action because they think the dispute is settled or action is called by someone who doesn’t have the authority to do so | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 55 | 5,564 | 5,727 |
651-56 | it’s in support of workers taking action against another employer (otherwise known as ‘sympathy’ or ‘secondary’ action) | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 56 | 5,728 | 5,847 |
651-57 | it’s in support of only employing union members (otherwise known as a ‘closed shop’) | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 57 | 5,848 | 5,932 |
651-58 | it breaks any other parts of industrial action law | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 58 | 5,933 | 5,983 |
651-59 | If you take part in industrial action that breaks the regulations and you’re dismissed, you can’t usually claim unfair dismissal if all employees taking part are dismissed as well. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 59 | 5,984 | 6,164 |
651-60 | There’s more detail on legal rights and protections in the guidance on industrial action and the law. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 60 | 6,165 | 6,266 |
651-61 | Industrial action by non-union members | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 61 | 6,267 | 6,305 |
651-62 | Non-union members who take part in legal, official industrial action have the same rights as union members not to be dismissed as a result of taking action. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 62 | 6,306 | 6,462 |
651-63 | Going on strike and picketing | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 63 | 6,463 | 6,492 |
651-64 | A picket line is where workers and union reps (‘picketers’ or ‘pickets’) stand outside a workplace to tell other people why they are striking. Pickets may also ask people not to: | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 64 | 6,493 | 6,671 |
651-65 | do some of their usual work | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 65 | 6,672 | 6,699 |
651-66 | go into work | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 66 | 6,700 | 6,712 |
651-67 | Pickets must not prevent people from going to work or doing their usual work if they want to do so. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 67 | 6,713 | 6,812 |
651-68 | The picketing code of practice explains the rules around lawful picketing. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 68 | 6,813 | 6,887 |
651-69 | Picketing and the law | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 69 | 6,888 | 6,909 |
651-70 | It’s a criminal offence for pickets to: | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 70 | 6,910 | 6,949 |
651-71 | use threatening or abusive behaviour to people walking past or crossing the picket line | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 71 | 6,950 | 7,037 |
651-72 | block people or vehicles trying to get into the workplace which is on strike (called ‘causing an obstruction’ by police) | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 72 | 7,038 | 7,158 |
651-73 | carry weapons | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 73 | 7,159 | 7,172 |
651-74 | damage property | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 74 | 7,173 | 7,188 |
651-75 | cause or threaten to cause a ‘breach of the peace’ | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 75 | 7,189 | 7,239 |
651-76 | try to block roads near the picket line (called ‘causing an obstruction to the public highway’) | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 76 | 7,240 | 7,335 |
651-77 | try to stop the police who are outside the workplace from doing their job | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 77 | 7,336 | 7,409 |
651-78 | You can have legal action taken against you if you break the law or encourage others to do so when you’re picketing. This includes: | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 78 | 7,410 | 7,541 |
651-79 | trespassing (trying to enter a building without permission) | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 79 | 7,542 | 7,601 |
651-80 | making a noise nuisance | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 80 | 7,602 | 7,625 |
651-81 | using threatening language or offensive material, libel or slander in leaflets, banners, placards, chants or speeches | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 81 | 7,626 | 7,743 |
651-82 | If you break a court order banning you or your trade union from holding a picket, you could be open to further legal action (otherwise known as ‘contempt of court’). | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 82 | 7,744 | 7,909 |
651-83 | Mass picketing | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 83 | 7,910 | 7,924 |
651-84 | Police have special powers to stop a mass picket if they think there’s a danger of: | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 84 | 7,925 | 8,008 |
651-85 | serious public disorder (like a riot) | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 85 | 8,009 | 8,046 |
651-86 | serious damage to property | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 86 | 8,047 | 8,073 |
651-87 | The Code of Practice on picketing says usually there should be no more than 6 people outside an entrance to a workplace. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 87 | 8,074 | 8,194 |
651-88 | If you don’t stop picketing when told do so by police, you can be arrested. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 88 | 8,195 | 8,270 |
651-89 | Flying pickets | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 89 | 8,271 | 8,285 |
651-90 | Flying pickets are groups of striking workers that move from one workplace to another to picket them. Usually flying pickets are illegal - you can only join a picket line at your workplace. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 90 | 8,286 | 8,475 |
651-91 | Trade union reps can be on picket lines at different workplaces if they’re responsible for organising workers in those workplaces. | 651 | Taking part in industrial action and strikes | 91 | 8,476 | 8,606 |
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