Trade union law: transition to Employment Rights Act 2025
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Transitional and saving arrangements for the trade union measures of the Employment Rights Act 2025 that came into force on 18 February 2026: for employers, unions and workers.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Transitional and saving arrangements for the trade union measures of the Employment Rights Act 2025 that came into force on 18 February 2026: for employers, unions and workers. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Purpose of this guidance
- Why transitional and saving provisions are needed
- Political funds
- Existing member status
- Withdrawal notices
- Opt-out reminder notices
- Political funds: 10-year ballot requirement
- Check-off in the public sector
- Facility time
- Industrial action ballot support threshold
- Notice of industrial action ballot
- Information to be included on voting paper
- Sample voting paper to employer
- Mandate period for industrial action
- Notice period for industrial action
- Notice to employer of industrial action
Source and licence
Department for Business and Trade
AttributionDepartment for Business and Trade, ‘Trade union law: transition to Employment Rights Act 2025’ (updated 8 January 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026