Guidance

Important Public Services Regulations 2017 – guidance on the regulations

Important Public Services Regulations 2017 – guidance on the regulations.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 15 January 2017

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Guidance on the regulations

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Details

This guidance has been withdrawn because it’s out of date.

This guidance accompanies the ‘Important Public Services’ regulations and is intended for unions and employers whose members or employees deliver a specified important public service. It provides advice for unions on applying the 40% threshold in practice, and also suggests examples of workers who will be covered in each sector in the regulations

Published 15 January 2017