Bill · started in the Commons
Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill
A Bill to amend section 232B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to extend the circumstances in which, by virtue of that section, industrial action is not to be treated as excluded from the protection of section 219 of that Act.
In progress
Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)
The story so farThe Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 30 June 2010 by John McDonnell (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.
What the bill does
<p>The Bill proposes reducing regulatory burdens on trade unions in relation to the balloting and notice requirements for lawful industrial action. </p><p>It would extend the provision for small accidental errors contained in section 232B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. </p><p>The burden of proof in applications by an employer to restrain strike action by injunction would be changed, so that the employer would have to show that the union has failed to achieve 'substantial compliance' with the ballot and notice requirements.</p>
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading Commons 30 Jun 2010
- 2nd reading Commons 22 Oct 2010
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 1 May 2012.