The UK government’s planned legislation to ensure “minimum safety levels” during strikes may be challenged under European human rights law and international labour conventions, employment lawyers have said.
The government said on Thursday that it will introduce a bill in Parliament in the coming weeks to ensure that vital public services will have to maintain a basic function and deliver minimum safety levels during industrial action.
Trade unions will be bound to follow this legislation and will risk the employer bringing an injunction to prevent the strike from taking place or seeking damages afterwards if they do not comply with their obligations….