1. Industrial Action:
Guidance for Colleges
August 2012
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2. Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 3
2. Lawful and unlawful industrial action ..................................................................................... 4
2.1. Balloting............................................................................................................................... 4
2.2. Aggregation of ballots ....................................................................................................... 4
2.3. Notice of ballots .................................................................................................................. 5
2.4. Announcing details of the ballot ...................................................................................... 5
2.5. Notification of industrial action ....................................................................................... 5
3. Who can strike? ............................................................................................................................ 6
4. Identifying those participating in strike action........................................................................ 7
5. Pay Issues ...................................................................................................................................... 9
5.1. Full-time staff ...................................................................................................................... 9
5.2. Fractional staff .................................................................................................................... 9
5.3. Term time only staff......................................................................................................... 10
5.4. Variable hours staff .......................................................................................................... 10
6. Partial performance of duties ................................................................................................... 11
7. Picketing ...................................................................................................................................... 12
8. Conclusions and summary ....................................................................................................... 13
9. Further guidance ........................................................................................................................ 13
Appendix 1: Draft letter to members of staff regarding industrial action ................................. 14
Appendix 2: Industrial action example risk assessment .............................................................. 16
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