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"Key findings
For workers, employer retaliation represents a major threat in
response to their participation in a strike. While dismissal is the
most visible form of such retaliation, it can also take more ‘hidden'
forms, such as demotion, disciplinary sanctions or withdrawal of
voluntary overtime. Addressing a notable gap, protections from
detriments short of dismissal are expected to be introduced into
UK law by the soon to be enacted Employment Rights Act. The
purpose of this brief is to situate the United Kingdom (UK) within
a broader set of comparative examples of how the law protects
workers from detriments short of dismissal for participation in a
lawful strike in eight other European countries (Belgium, Croatia,
France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden).
The analysis produces several key findings of relevance to
policymakers:
• The legal framework should make sure that it considers all the
different dimensions of protection to ensure solid and broad
legal protection as gaps in one area can undermine the entire
system.
• Countries with broad protection typically rely on openended legal norms, such as prohibiting all acts ‘harming' or
‘discriminating' against workers or barring any ‘other prejudicial
treatment', rather than a closed list enumerating all prohibited
detriments.
• Proving the link between a detriment and strike participation can
be difficult for a worker, especially if the test is highly restrictive.
To address this, many countries provide for a reversal of the
burden of proof and legal presumptions favouring workers.
• Most countries offer a broad range of remedies, combining nonmonetary and monetary remedies.
• The law in most countries makes it possible for trade unions to
bring claims for detriment short of dismissal, in addition and/or
behalf of affected workers, acknowledging the collective harms
of such detriments and the risk of individual workers' reluctance
to take legal action due to fear of job loss."

"Recent cases decided by the European Court of Justice have raised crucial issues regarding the scope for collective action in Europe. In this context, this collection of essays investigates treatment of the right to strike in seven Member States of the European Union: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Each national report examines how legal regulation seeks to address conflicting interests, namely those of employers, workers and the public at large. Each report also outlines the potential impact of EU jurisprudence in that country.
Striking the balance between domestic entitlements to take industrial action and the protection of EU fundamental freedoms is far from straightforward. The problem of balance is considered further in three supplementary essays. The first of these assesses the position of those engaged in or affected by collective action under conflict of law principles stated in Rome II. The second essay provides a comparative analysis of the constitutional status (or otherwise) of collective action. The volume ends with an essay which subjects to scrutiny the assumptions made by the European Court of Justice in the Viking and Laval judgments, which would seem to be questionable, in light of the national reports presented in this book."

"Le 5 mai 1996 était signée, à Turin, la Charte sociale européenne révisée. L'initiative s'inscrivait, à l'époque, dans un mouvement de revitalisation d'un segment du droit européen des droits de l'Homme qui, pour essentiel qu'il soit, était demeuré dans l'ombre de la Convention européenne des droits de l'Homme.



Vingt ans après, ce mouvement est toujours à l'oeuvre, et il paraît essentiel que tous les membres de la communauté juridique – académiques, avocats, magistrats, fonctionnaires, ou encore, responsables d'organisations non gouvernementales ou d'organisations représentatives de travailleurs ou d'employeurs – puissent bénéficier d'un état des lieux du chemin parcouru, mais aussi des perspectives d'avenir. Tel est l'objectif du présent ouvrage qui, outre une série de questions relatives à la Charte proprement dite et aux droits qu'elle garantit, s'intéresse à l'environnement normatif de celle-ci et à l'un ou l'autre hot topic de la protection des droits fondamentaux dans la relation de travail.



Cet ouvrage est le fruit bilingue d'une recherche collective menée au sein de la Section belge du Réseau académique sur la Charte sociale européenne et les Droits Sociaux."