The Employment Act 1990 is a piece of
industrial relations
Industrial relations or employment relations is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies the employment relationship; that is, the complex interrelations between employers and employees, labor union, labor/trade
unions, employer organ ...
legislation of the United Kingdom.
The Act banned
closed shops, which had already been restricted by the
Employment Act 1982
The Employment Act 1982 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (c. 46), mainly relating to trade unions. It increased compensation for those dismissed because of the closed shop and restricted the immunities enjoyed by trade unions. ...
by requiring 80-85% to support them (such an impractical requirement that they had been effectively almost banned). It also banned
secondary action in industrial disputes, again building on restrictions on that form of picketing introduced by the
Employment Act 1980.
Sources
Employment Act 1990, as enacted Legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 16 July 2017
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1990
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