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The Employment Rights Act 2025 allows for the use of electronic and workplace balloting (rather than postal balloting) for industrial action.
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- Employment law guide
This guide summarises the law preventing blacklisting of workers from employment because of their current or past trade union membership or activities. The guide also covers the prohibition on offering inducements to prevent workers from joining a union or taking part in trade union-related activities.
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- Employment law guide
The guide covers the right to time off work for trade union representatives to carry out certain trade union-related activities. The guide sets out what types of activity are covered by the right; when the time off is paid or unpaid; and how much time off employers should permit.
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- Employment law guide
This guide sets out the collective bargaining process of negotiation between representatives of trade unions and employers in respect of employees' terms and conditions such as pay, hours of work and working conditions. The guide also summaries collective agreements, which are agreements between trade unions (acting on behalf of workers) and employers or groups of employers covering matters such as pay, hours of work and working conditions.
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- Employment law guide
This guide highlights employee protections in the context of trade unions, including protection against detrimental treatment or dismissal on grounds related to union membership or activities.
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- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect that extended protection against dismissal for taking industrial action will come into force on 18 February 2026.
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- Employment law guide
There are no recent updates to highlight.
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- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
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- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
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- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.