Darren Newman Employment Law
Twitter Updates
- RT @adavidjones: Why is it relevant about leaving speeches for departing staff? There were people around the country who retired after year… 2 days ago
- PM’s position seems to be that the lockdown rules had a ‘leaving do’ exception that I’m afraid I completely failed… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago
- 37 pages seems quite short to me. twitter.com/ChrisMasonBBC/… 2 days ago
- Is that £18k spent on ice breaking activities or £18k spent on away days at which the ice breaking activities took… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 days ago
- Anyone ever had that Monday morning feeling when you have a big deadline, didn’t do as much over the weekend as you… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 days ago
-
Recent Posts
The Range of Reasonable Responses Podcast
Category Archives: Industrial action
Can We Ban Christmas Travel Chaos?
As we face a Christmas of discontent, Ministers are, according to the Sunday Telegraph, coming under pressure from backbenchers to introduce laws to curb strikes in important public services. Which is odd really, because they already have. The Trade Union … Continue reading
Posted in BREXIT, Industrial action, Trade Union Bill
Tagged Chris Grayling, christmas travel chaos, ILO, strikes, UNiITE, WTO
Leave a comment
BREXIT and strike ballots.
This is not a post about the employment law implications of Brexit. Obviously there are plenty of those out there – and I’m sure I’ll be writing a few over the weeks months and years that follow. I suspect that … Continue reading
Posted in BREXIT, EU law, Industrial action, Trade Union Bill
Tagged ballot thresholds, industrial action ballots, turnout
1 Comment
Junior Doctors and the Trade Union Bill
Barring a dramatic development (such as a legal challenge), tomorrow’s strike of junior doctors is going to go ahead. In fact it cannot be postponed because eight weeks has now passed since the ballot was held and after that period is … Continue reading
Posted in Industrial action, Trade Union Bill
Tagged conservative manifesto, FBU, firefighters, junior doctors, NUT, RMT, strike ballots
1 Comment
The Trade Union Bill 2015 – a step too far
The new Trade Union Bill seeks to fight battles that, in reality, were won 20 years ago. There is a danger that all it will do is stir up anger and resentment in the trade union movement – and perhaps that is … Continue reading
Boris and the Ballot: why call for tougher strike laws?
The nation’s favourite Tory, Boris Johnson has called for tougher strike laws. In his Mail on Sunday interview Boris sets out an 8-point plan. It differs from other employment law proposals I’ve seen in that it has been prepared by … Continue reading
Posted in Industrial action
Tagged ballos, Boris Johnson, RMT, strike, Tebbit, Tories, trade unions, unjustifiable discipline
1 Comment
A load of ballots! Unite’s mandate for strike action distorted by the Mail
Today’s story is about industrial action ballots. It’s prompted by this report from the Mail Online which carries the headline: Held to ransom by 1,000 tanker drivers: Petrol stations face closure as less than half union’s members vote for strike Now … Continue reading
Posted in Industrial action
Tagged ballots, Daily Mail, industrial action, strike, tanker drivers, Unite the union
1 Comment