Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 18262

Industrial Action: Deductions

Tabled: 13 July 2026

Answered: 16 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Abtisam Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will commit to making regulations under section 76(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to prohibit employers from making 100% wage deductions where the partial per

Answer

Blair McDougall

The government response to the consultation on Protection against Detriments for Taking Industrial Action, published 23 June 2026, states that the government does not plan to change the common law rules allowing pay deductions for industrial action, inclu...

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