Legislation – The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026
Schedule 2Transitional and saving provisions in relation to Part 4 of the 2025 Act
Section 63 of the 2025 Act (deduction of trade union subscriptions from wages in public sector)
5.
(1)
Section 63 of the 2025 Act (deduction of trade union subscriptions from wages in public sector) does not affect—
(a)
any right or obligation relating to deductions from workers’ wages in respect of trade union subscriptions by a relevant public sector employer where that right or obligation arises in connection with anything done, or any omission made, before the commencement date,
(b)
the enforcement of any such right or obligation, or
(c)
the commencement or continuation of any legal proceedings in relation to any such right or obligation.
(2)
The rights and obligations referred to in sub-paragraph (1) include rights and obligations arising under—
(a)
(b)
any agreement or arrangement in force before the commencement date.
(3)
In this paragraph—
“relevant public sector employer” has the same meaning as in section 116B(3) of the 1992 Act as it had effect before the commencement date;
“worker” has the same meaning as in section 116B(10) of the 1992 Act as it had effect before the commencement date.