§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment why employees who are dismissed from their job for not joining a trade union are not able to apply for interim relief during their application for a hearing at an industrial tribunal.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe last Government provided a right to apply for interim relief only to employees who claim that they have been unfairly dismissed on grounds 9W of trade union membership or activity. They did not provide an equivalent right for those dismissed because they are not members of a trade union in a closed shop.
We are currently considering a number of possible options for further changes in the law in the light of consultations on the Green Paper on trade union immunities. Extending interim relief to those who are dismissed in a closed shop for not being trade union members is one option which we are examining very closely.