Electronic and workplace balloting: what employers need to know The Government has published its response to consultation on electronic and workplace balloting for statutory trade union ballots, alongside a draft Code of Practice, setting out how workplace ballots could operate in practice. The changes form part of the Government’s wider programme of trade union reform […]
When do collective redundancy consultation obligations arise? Key points for employers Whenever an employer is proposing multiple redundancies, it is essential to consider whether collective consultation obligations are triggered. Under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA), the duty arises where 20 or more redundancies are proposed at one establishment within a […]
Government makes changes to its proposed ban™ on Fire and Rehire under the Employment Rights Bill The Employment Rights Bill makes major strides towards ending ‘fire and rehire’. That’s the strategy where an employer, unable to secure agreement to new contract terms, dismisses staff and then offers to rehire them on the revised terms (or […]
