Trade unions and trade union recognition

New and updated

• Cases on appeal

  Type:

  Law reports

  Updated to include information on WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various claimants, in which the Court of Appeal held that the employer was vicariously liable for the actions of an employee who disclosed the personal data of fellow employees online.

• Labour disputes

  Type:

  Indicators

  Updated to include official statistics from the ONS for August 2018 on days lost to labour disputes and the number of stoppages. The next ONS release date is 13 November 2018.

• Union urges Uber users not to cross 'digital picket line'

  Date:

  11 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  The IWGB union has a called a 24-hour strike against Uber and is urging the public not to use the taxi-hailing app.

• Hospitality workers strike over pay and union recognition

  Date:

  4 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  Workers at McDonald's, TGI Fridays, JD Wetherspoon, Deliveroo and Uber Eats are staging a 24-hour walk out today, in separate disputes over pay and union recognition.

• McDonald's, Wetherspoon and TGI Friday workers to strike next month

  Date:

  20 September 2018

  Type:

  News

  Workers at JD Wetherspoon, McDonald's and TGI Fridays are to strike on 4 October over pay.

• Prison officers call off protest action after withdrawal of court threat

  Date:

  17 September 2018

  Type:

  News

  Prison officers' protests outside jails in England and Wales have been called off by the Prison Officers' Association after prisons minister Rory Stewart withdrew the threat of court action against the union.

• The consequences of trade union recognition

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a link to the government website where data submitted by public-sector employers relating to facility time will be published.

• The consequences of trade union recognition: local authority

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a link to the government website where data submitted by public-sector employers relating to facility time will be published.

• Ryanair strikes: airline could face legal claims from unions

  Date:

  10 August 2018

  Type:

  News

  Ryanair could face legal action from unions as strikes lead to the cancellation of one in six flights across Europe.

• Joint employer concept to be tested in High Court

  Date:

  8 August 2018

  Type:

  News

  In a case that could open the door for more than 3 million outsourced workers to negotiate directly with their de facto employer, the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has been granted a judicial review before the High Court.