New clause 4 - Unofficial industrial action
Employment Relations Bill
10:30 am
'(1) Section 237 of the 1992 Act (dismissal of those taking part in unofficial industrial action) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (2) there is inserted—
''(2A) The Secretary of State shall make appropriate arrangements for the provision of penalties to be incurred by an employee who takes part in an unofficial strike or other unofficial action when a member of a trade union and the trade union when it is considered not to have acted in a manner appropriate to the discouragement of the unofficial strike or action.
(2B) The Secretary of State shall consult such persons as he considers appropriate on the form penalties will take and shall publish the responses received pursuant to those consultations.''.'.—[Brian Cotter.]
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