28 January 2016

The Welsh Assembly this week voted against giving consent to Westminster to legislate for the 40% support threshold on strike ballots, additional regulation around facility time, and the removal of 'check-off' arrangements in the Welsh public sector.

28 January 2016

Labour's Baroness Donaghy has proposed amendments to the Trade Union Bill to scale back new powers the Tories wish to give the trade union regulator.

22 January 2016

The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) has published its response to the government's consultation on hiring agency staff during strike action in September 2015, stating that the move is unjustified and will intensify conflict.

22 January 2016

The Institute of Employment Rights has now published its response to the government's consultation into the 40% support threshold for strike ballots in "important public services", part of the Trade Union Bill, following the government's disappointing response to the consultation yesterday.

21 January 2016

The government has vowed to remove its broad reference to ancillary workers involved in the provision of public services in the Trade Union Bill as part of its response to a consultation on its proposals to limit strike action in "important public services", which was released today. Instead, it has published a more definitive list of which services will be included.

21 January 2016

A motion by Baroness Smith of Basildon that Clauses 10 and 11 of the Trade Union Bill – pertaining to restrictions on the funding of the Labour Party – are scrutinised by a Select Committee has been approved by the House of Lords.