18 Apr, 2024 The Effective Collective – Striking a balance: Supreme Court declares UK law incompatible with workers’ right to take industrial action By Kathleen Healy Katie Hall On 17 April 2024, the UK Supreme Court, in State for Business and Trade v Mercer, declared that section 146 of the Trade Union and Labour...
26 Mar, 2024 The Mais Lecture: Labour’s approach to labour remains the same By Holly Insley Elizabeth Bullock The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered the 36th annual Mais Lecture last week. Her speech, titled “Economic...
20 Feb, 2024 The Effective Collective – UK Government ‘cracks down’ on controversial ‘fire and rehire’ practices with revised Code of Practice By Kathleen Healy Amy Rentell Readers of our ‘Effective Collective’ blog posts will know that we have previously covered the (now) controversial ability of employers...
23 Nov, 2023 Worklife 2.0: The Effective Collective – The importance of an unfettered right to substitution – Supreme Court: “Deliveroo riders are not employees” By Alice Greenwell David Mendel Elizabeth Bullock In a judgment handed down on 21 November 2023, the UK Supreme Court has ruled that Deliveroo riders are not in an “employment...
14 Jul, 2023 Worklife 2.0: The Effective Collective - Striking just got even more disruptive By Harriet Gaillard From July 2022, businesses were allowed, for the first time in decades, to use agency workers to replace striking employees. Yesterday,...