Minimum service levels are being introduced to key public services in an effort by the UK government to reduce the disruption caused by strike action on the general public. The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 allows employers to issue work notices to staff, obliging them to work during a strike.
The government’s decision to repeal the Strikes Act 2023 has gained widespread support from unions and trade bodies.
The government will order departments to ignore controversial minimum services levels legislation as part of its drive to roll back...
The PCS Union has been granted permission from the High Court to pursue a judicial review of minimum service levels law.
Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.
The ILO, the UN's workers' rights watchdog, has expressed serious concern over minimum service levels during strikes in the UK.
Train drivers will go on strike again next month, the Aslef union has announced.
Home Office announces that 73% of fire engines should be crewed in its minimum service level rules for fire and rescue services.
More than 600 Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport are being balloted over potential strike action.
Government has no current plans for minimum service levels in nuclear sector because 'voluntary agreements have worked well so far'.
Regulations for hospital MSLs could be enforced under the Strikes (Minimum Services Levels) Act, but will NHS trusts decide to use them?
We examine the rationale for MSLs in education, the minimum service levels for teaching likely to be set and whether schools will impose them.
The PCS union will launch a legal challenge against the government's minimum service levels regulations.
Outgoing PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka tells Personnel Today about the union's greatest achievements and what lies ahead.
Aslef union cancelled extra five-day strike at LNER after government-owned company said it would not impose minimum service levels.
Government-owned train operator LNER showing signs it would impose minimum service levels leads to a fivefold increase in strikes.
