Open consultation

Making Work Pay: creating a modern framework for industrial relations

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 21 October 2024
• Last updated: 4 November 2024 — See all updates

Summary

We are consulting to modernise the legislative framework that underpins trade unions, seeking views on several specific measures.

This consultation is being held on another website.

This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 2 December 2024

Consultation description

The consultation seeks views on:

• simplifying the amount of information unions are required to provide in industrial action notices
• strengthening provisions to prevent unfair practices during the trade union recognition process
• removing the 10-year ballot requirement on political funds
• securing a mandate for negotiation and dispute resolution
• extending the expiry of the strike mandate
• reducing the industrial action notice period
• updating the law on repudiation and prior call
• the enforcement mechanism for right of access

This consultation provides an opportunity for all interested parties to contribute to the policy development set out in this consultation.

We encourage all interested parties and bodies to review the proposals and provide their responses to the questions.

See the public consultations privacy notice.

Documents

Consultation on creating a modern framework for industrial relations (web accessible version)

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Consultation on creating a modern framework for industrial relations (PDF version)

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Published 21 October 2024
Last updated 4 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 4 November 2024

   Update to survey question 27 in web-accessible and PDF document versions.

2. 31 October 2024

   Web accessible version of consultation document added.

3. 21 October 2024

   First published.