Industrial Relations Act, 1990
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Restriction of right to injunction. |
19.—(1) Where a secret ballot has been held in accordance with the rules of a trade union as provided for in section 14 , the outcome of which or, in the case of an aggregation of ballots, the outcome of the aggregated ballots, favours a strike or other industrial action and the trade union before engaging in the strike or other industrial action gives notice of not less than one week to the employer concerned of its intention to do so, that employer shall not be entitled to apply to any court for an injunction restraining the strike or other industrial action unless notice of the application has been given to the trade union and its members who are party to the trade dispute. | |
(2) Where a secret ballot has been held in accordance with the rules of a trade union as provided for in section 14 , the outcome of which or, in the case of an aggregation of ballots, the outcome of the aggregated ballots, favours a strike or other industrial action and the trade union before engaging in the strike or other industrial action gives notice of not less than one week to the employer concerned of its intention to do so, a court shall not grant an injunction restraining the strike or other industrial action where the respondent establishes a fair case that he was acting in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute. | ||
(3) Notice as provided for in subsection (1) may be given to the members of a trade union by referring such members to a document containing the notice which the members have reasonable opportunity of reading during the course of their employment or which is reasonably accessible to them in some other way. | ||
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply— | ||
(a) in respect of proceedings arising out of or relating to unlawfully entering into or remaining upon any property belonging to another, or unlawfully causing damage or causing or permitting damage to be caused to the property of another, or | ||
(b) in respect of proceedings arising out of or relating to any action resulting or likely to result in death or personal injury. | ||
(5) Where two or more secret ballots have been held in relation to a dispute, the ballot referred to in subsections (1) and (2) shall be the last such ballot. | ||
Amendment of Trade Union Acts, 1941, 1971 and 1975 |