How to arrange the election of employee representatives for collective redundancy consultation purposes

Author: Darren Newman

Summary

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• Decide on the number of representatives to be elected and whether there will be a single pool of representatives or whether specific groups of employees will have their own representatives.
• Decide for how long representatives will be asked to serve.
• Decide on and announce a process for receiving nominations for election.
• Arrange for candidates to communicate an election message to the employees entitled to vote for them.
• Print enough ballot papers for all of the employees entitled to vote.
• Arrange for ballot boxes to be placed in suitable locations where they can be adequately supervised.
• Allow employees to vote for as many candidates as there are representatives allocated to employees of that kind or at that location.
• Allow employees to vote at a convenient time that realistically gives all employees the opportunity to vote.
• Allow employees who will be absent for the ballot to submit their votes by an alternative method.
• Count the votes cast for each candidate.
• Announce and publicise the results.
• Arrange a fresh election if employees are left unrepresented because a representative has dropped out.