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• High Court rules ‘strike-breaking’ agency worker regulations unlawful

  13-07-2023 11:54
  
  UNISON has defeated the government in the High Court over strike-breaking legislation that was introduced last summer.
  The High Court has ruled that the legislation, which allows employers to use agency workers to replace those on strike, was unlawful, unfair and irrational.
  The case marks another success for UNISON and its members in challenging laws restricting workers’ rights.
  The judgment follows successful judicial review proceedings lodged by UNISON alongside the NASUWT and TUC, whos
  
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• High Court finds strike-breaking legislation unlawful following UNISON case  

  13-07-2023 11:51
  
  Employers can no longer use agency staff to fill in for striking workers during industrial action after the High Court ruled that government legislation introduced last year is unlawful, says UNISON today (Thursday).
  The important judgment handed down this morning follows successful judicial review proceedings lodged by UNISON and other TUC unions last autumn.
  For more than 40 years, it was illegal in the UK to supply agency workers for employers to use to cover the jobs of staff on st
  
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• Government must raise ‘out-of-date’ mileage rates for struggling public service staff, says UNISON 

  13-07-2023 10:48
  
  More than a million public service workers including care staff, district nurses, housing officers, police staff and probation officers are being left thousands of pounds out of pocket because ministers have failed to update national mileage rates, says a UNISON report published today (Friday).
  NHS, social care, police and local government employees who need to drive for work are up to £6,000 a year worse off because the current&n
  
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