Advantages And Disadvantages Of Industrial Action

1. When is work to rule effective?
Work-to-rule is an industrial action where employees purposely follow all the rules in order to delay the progress of work and when workers perform their tasks exactly as they are required to do by their employment contract. Work to rule involves employees following the strict terms of their contract, by taking their work responsibilities exactly by contract and they refuse to step outside their duties. When employees execute work to rule, operations within the organization becomes slow which decreases productivity.
Work to rule is most effective when employees continue to apply themselves in the performance of all their duties in a most thorough and meticulous manner as prescribed by the relevant employing

Employers can hire temporary workers which can benefit the organizations because less money is spent when people are hired for a short period, and it can in turn have new negotiations with the employees who were lockout to settle disputes.
One more advantage of industrial action is that employees have the right to stop work if there is an imminent risk to their health and safety. If this occurs, employees must follow any reasonable direction of their employer to perform other work that is safe and appropriate for them.
There are as much demerits of industrial actions as there are merits of industrial actions. Disadvantages are the negative effects of what industrial actions can have on employees or employers. Some of these demerits are a trade union can encourage and induce persons to breach their contract of employment. When employees breach there contract they are liable to be replaced by new workers, because they have lose their jobs.
Another disadvantage of industrial actions is strike although it has its advantages, when employees strike it can affect negatively on organizations, by slowing down productivity and could be costly for organizations such as a manufacturing