Legislation – Employment Rights Act 2025

“(2A)

Before producing the first version of the written policy for a place of business, an employer must consult—

(a)

representatives of an independent trade union recognised by the employer in respect of workers who are likely to be affected by the policy, or representatives appointed or elected by those workers and having authority to receive information and to be consulted about the policy on behalf of those workers, or

(b)

if there are no such trade union or worker representatives, workers who are likely to be affected by the policy.”

“(3A)

Where an employer makes a written policy available to workers at a place of business under this section, the employer must review the policy from time to time.

(3B)

A review must be carried out—

(a)

at least once during the period of three years beginning with the first day on which the first version of the policy is made available (including where that day precedes the coming into force of this subsection), and

(b)

after that, no more than three years after the completion of the previous review.

(3C)

An employer must consult persons as described in subsection (2A) as part of every review of the written policy.”

“(7)

An employer who has carried out a consultation required by this section in relation to a written policy for a place of business must make a summary of the views expressed in the consultation available in anonymised form to all workers of the employer at the place of business.

(8)

In this section “recognised”, in relation to a trade union, has the same meaning as in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (see section 178 of that Act).”