Protections for striking employees
Article 9 amends the protections for striking employees in Article 144A of the 1996 Order by changing the length and scope of the period during which employees are protected from dismissal for taking lawfully organised industrial action. It extends the period from 8 to 12 weeks and provides for days on which the employees are locked out by the employer to be disregarded when determining the length of the period. Under the provisions of this Article the period will in effect end when 84 days have passed since the start of the action on which no lock-out has occurred. This means, for example, that where a lock out occurred on two days, the total period of protection becomes 86 days.
