Morais & Ors (respondents) v Ryanair DAC (appellant)
Wednesday 11 – Thursday 12 December 2024
Ryanair appeals against the order of the Employment Appeals Tribunal dated 18 November 2021
-dismissing grounds 6,7, and 10 of Ryanair’s grounds before the EAT;
-allowing the cross appeal of the Claimants/Respondents and ruling that protection under s.146 TULRCA 1992 and/or reg 3(2)(a) of the Blacklisting Regulations is afforded to all those who take part in union industrial action (ground 5 in the CA).
The Claimants are airline pilots employed by Ryanair and based in Great Britain They all participated in a strike, which led Ryanair to withdraw concessionary travel benefits. from them for a year. The Cs complained that they had been subjected to detrimental treatment contrary to s 146 TULRCA 1992 and reg 9 of Blacklists Regs 2010.
The issue is whether or in what circumstances participation in industrial action is to be treated as amounting to participation in trade union activities.
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