The relationship between law and employment has been a major issue within British law through both the 19th century and the 20th century. The main focus being on how much the government should intervene in both the running and control of British industrial relations. Issues such as the political party which is in government at the time and the level of unemployment have a considerable influence on the amount of intervention the government makes. The …showed first 75 words of 1490 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1490 total…committee; the president or general secretary; employed officials such as full-time officers and committees to whom they reported.' (Anderman p375) The Act provided a list of rules that settled the fact whether a trade dispute was involved a trade union or not. This determined whether the industrial action was official or unofficial. Certain guidelines were set specifically for the trade unions which, consequently, forced the unions to take a 'backseat' concerning unofficial industrial action.