Minimum Service law can be beaten
The government has now set the minimum service levels in three of the sectors covered by the new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act. For Border Force and some HM Passport Office staff, the minimum service stipulates that services “should be provided at a level that means they are no less effective than if a strike were not taking place”, and must “ensure all ports and airports remain open.” For ambulance staff, the minimum service level says “vital services” must continue “throughout any strike”, with all life-threatening calls, or calls “where there is no reasonable clinical alternative to...