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Further details on the measures included within the Employment Rights Act 2025.
Get an overview of whistleblowing policies and procedures as an employer, to support your organisation’s commitment to handling wrongdoing in the workplace.
List of prescribed people and bodies you can report malpractice to, other than your employer.
If you decide to blow the whistle to a prescribed person rather than your…
Guidance for trade unions, independent scrutineers, employers and union members on the conduct of electronic and workplace balloting for statutory trade union ballots.
Guidance on producing a 'Key information document', or key facts page, for agency workers.
Guidance on employment status for HR advisers, and to help individuals and businesses understand which employment rights apply to them.
Impact assessments and analytical documents relating to the Employment Rights Act 2025.
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.
Guidance for employment agencies, employment businesses and the recruitment sector on the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
Guidance for employers and workers on the fair and transparent distribution of tips.
Background on National Occupational Standards (NOS).
Guidance for hirers of agency workers and the recruitment sector to understand the new Agency Workers Regulations.
Advice for prescribed persons on how to deal with whistleblowing disclosures.
Practical guidance to trade unions and employers to promote the improvement of industrial relations and good practice in the conduct of trade union industrial action ballots.
Guidance on the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 - for employers, employees and representatives.
Help for agency workers who are paid through umbrella companies to understand their 'Key information document' (KID).
How trade unions can get recognition for collective bargaining from the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC).
Guidance on picketing for employers, workers or members of the public who may be affected by a picket or any associated activities.
Guidance on the statutory procedure for the recognition and derecognition of trade unions for the purpose of collective bargaining.
Government review of carer’s leave and employment rights for unpaid carers.
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