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Collective employee relations

New and updated

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Reform of trade union laws - phase one

    Updated to reflect the publication of the Government's response to its consultation on creating a modern framework for industrial relations, which was published on 4 March 2025.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Reform of collective redundancy laws

    Updated to reflect the publication of the Government's response to its consultation on increasing the maximum protective award period, which was published on 4 March 2025. 

  • Date:
    21 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: What changes should HR prepare for from the Employment Rights Bill?

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson analyse the key proposals in the Bill and offer advice on how HR can begin to prepare for the changes.

  • Date:
    20 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill Q&A

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson answer questions on different aspects of the Bill, from the timeline for the measures coming into effect to the nuances of the proposed unfair dismissal and fire and rehire changes.

  • Date:
    24 October 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Employment Rights Bill - how HR can get ahead of the changes

    In this webinar, Brightmine legal editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed explain what the changes are going to be, what employers can do now to begin preparing and the potential timelines for implementation.

  • Date:
    24 October 2024
    Type:
    News

    Consultation: a new framework for industrial relations

    With the new government rolling back key sections of the 1992 and 2016 Trade Union acts, some employers may be nervous about a potential power shift towards employees. But, finds Adam McCulloch, the newly launched consultation on the proposals puts the focus more on modernisation and streamlining processes than on absolute rights.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Informing and consulting prior to TUPE transfers

    Updated to reflect proposed reforms to the threshold for collective consultation under the Employment Rights Bill and the Government's intention to launch a call for evidence to examine issues relating to TUPE regulations.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Fair Pay Agreement in adult social care sector

    The Employment Rights Bill includes provisions to introduce a framework for a Fair Pay Agreement process in the adult social care sector.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Re-establishment of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body

    The Employment Rights Bill includes provisions to re-establish a negotiating body for school support staff.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Trade union recognition

    Updated with information on the Government response to its consultation on creating a modern framework for industrial relations.