HC Deb 16 January 1984 vol 52 c83W
Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for Employment in how many closed shop dismissal cases in which the union has been fined compensation has been awarded under the Employment Act 1982.

Mr. Gummer

Section 7 of the 1982 Act provides for compensation in cases of unfair dismissal in a closed shop to be awarded wholly or partly against a trade union where an industrial tribunal finds that it exerted pressure on the employer to dismiss the employee. No such award against a trade union has yet been made.