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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The Government has published its response to the consultation on electronic and workplace balloting for statutory trade union ballots and confirmed its commitment to introducing electronic and workplace balloting for recognition and derecognition ballots in 2027.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The Government has published its response to its consultation on electronic and workplace balloting for statutory trade union ballots and confirmed its commitment to introducing electronic and workplace balloting for recognition and derecognition ballots in 2027.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The Government has published its response to the consultation on introducing electronic and workplace balloting for statutory trade union ballots. The response was published alongside a revised draft Code of practice and draft Regulations, which will allow electronic, hybrid and workplace voting methods to be used in statutory union ballots. If approved, the changes will come into effect in August 2026.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The Government has published its response to its consultation on strengthened protections against detriment for workers taking part in official industrial action, alongside draft Regulations. These confirm that all detriments imposed for the sole or main purpose of penalising, preventing or deterring a worker from taking part in official industrial action will be prohibited, with an expected implementation date of 30 October 2026.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The Government has published its response to its consultation on strengthened protections against detriment for workers taking part in official industrial action, alongside draft Regulations. These confirm that all detriments imposed for the sole or main purpose of penalising, preventing or deterring a worker from taking part in official industrial action will be prohibited, with an expected implementation date of 30 October 2026
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect the publication of draft Protection Against Detriment (Industrial Action) Regulations 2026 on 24 June 2026.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The Government has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the list of public duties for which employees can take time off work. HR teams should review any policies or internal guidance on time off for public duties and keep an eye on the consultation outcome, as it could widen the range of roles that qualify for time off.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The Government has laid the draft Code of practice on electronic and workplace balloting before Parliament. If approved, the legislation allowing electronic or workplace statutory ballots will come into effect in August 2026.
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- Date:
- 10 June 2026
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- Podcasts and webinars
Brightmine legal editor Lilia Dangi joins the podcast to talk through recent and upcoming trade union-related reforms under the Employment Rights Act 2025. She discusses how these changes are modernising industrial relations and rebalancing the relationship between employers and unions.
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- Date:
- 3 June 2026
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- News
Union membership among public sector workers hit 6.6 million in 2025, up by almost 200,000 on the year before. Meanwhile, union membership among employees in the private sector rose by 76,000 to 2.5 million, according to figures from the Department for Business and Trade.
