Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make provision about minimum service levels in connection with the taking by trade unions of strike action relating to certain services.
Citation2023 c. 39
Introduced byGrant Shapps, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Commons)
Lord Callanan (Lords)
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent20 July 2023
Commencement20 July 2023
Repealed18 December 2025
Other legislation
Amends
Repealed byEmployment Rights Act 2025
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (c. 39) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom affecting UK labour law designed to force trade union workers in England, Scotland and Wales to provide a minimum service during a strike in health, education services, fire and rescue, border security, transport and nuclear decommissioning. The law was criticised as being not in the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto, being a violation of human rights, and being a violation of international law.

The Scottish Government confirmed that it would not enforce the act in Scotland.

The act was repealed in December 2025 by the Employment Rights Act 2025.