Industrial relations

It remains the case that workforces at organisations in the public arena are often heavily unionised.

As a result, the potential for large-scale industrial action which can affect operations can be greater than that in the private sector.

Our experienced team can provide timely, focused advice to deal with a range of issues affecting industrial relations with your staff.

We can assist in areas including:

• Advising organisations on putting in place practical strategies to deal with strike action
• Advising organisations on the legal position on the lawfulness of the threat of taking industrial action
• Large scale change management projects within a trade union environment
• Putting in place practical solutions to avoid applications to the CAC

We have experience of advising both public and private sector employers in a wide range of disputes.

Our experience includes;

• Advising a multi-national petrochemicals company on the lawfulness of industrial action
• Having a TGWU strike in relation to the closure of a pensions scheme called off
• Successfully advising a US multi-national engineering company on the failure by the trade union to comply with the statutory balloting requirements
• Successfully calling off a UNISON ballot for strike action at an NHS Trust in relation to changes to shift allowances, as a result of a failure to comply with balloting and notification requirements
• Advising a large school academy trust on the lawfulness of UNISON-backed national industrial action.

For more information on how we can help you, please get in touch.