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.
Special TUC congress on the Tories' attack on the right to strike to be held for the first time since Margaret Thatcher was in power.
Minimum service levels during strikes that affect rail, ambulance and border security are set to come in before Christmas.
Education secretary Gillian Keegan wants talks with unions over a minimum service agreement; unions have reacted angrily.
We outline 10 employment policy pledges made at this week's Labour Party Conference 2023 in Liverpool.
Minimum service level regulations during strikes could be extended to doctors and nurses in hospitals to protect patient safety.
Angela Rayner has pledged to bring forward an Employment Rights Bill within 100 days of entering office.
Consultation looks to establish minimum service levels and to ‘ensure unions maintain their legal protections during lawful strike action’.
The aim of the legislation is to impose minimum levels of service during industrial action by ambulance staff, firefighters, railway workers and those in other sectors deemed essential.
The Strikes Bill and agency workers being able to break strikes cited as reasons for UK's downgrade in Global Rights Index.
The International Labour Organisation has suggested that the UK government should make changes to its proposed strikes bill.
The government has rejected several amendments to the controversial strikes bill, as unions staged an 'emergency protest' outside parliament.
The Strikes Bill has passed through the House of Lords after some amendments were made.
One in five workers will be adversely affected by the strikes bill according to analysis by the TUC.
The House of Lords has voted to support an amendment to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.Â
Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf has vowed not to use 'work notices' and to fight the controversial strikes bill.
