Industrial action: what can employers deduct from wages?

• Authors:
• Kim Pattullo
• Sheila Gunn
• Blair Adams

The High Court has confirmed in the case of Cooper and others v. Isle of Wight College that where an employee failed to work because they were participating in industrial action, the appropriate level of deductions from an employee's wages should be the amount the employee could sue for in relation to the withheld wages and not the overall loss of the employer.

The claimants, full time support staff workers, took part in industrial action consisting of a one-day strike. The College, in resp... (127 more words)

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