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When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help

• Overview

  When a business changes owner, its employees may be protected under the…

• Consulting and informing

  Before a transfer of ownership happens, employers must tell the trade…

• Transfers of employment contracts

  Under TUPE, the new employer takes over employees’ employment contracts,…

• Redundancy

  The new employer cannot make employees redundant just because they were…

• Information about employees during transfers

  An employer must provide the new employer with information about…

• Insolvent businesses

  If the employer is insolvent and the business is being transferred or…

• Employees working abroad

  Employees of a UK business who are based outside the UK could still be…

• Help and advice

  Both employers and employees can get confidential help and advice on…

Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights

• Joining a trade union

  A trade union is an organisation with members who are usually workers or…

• Trade union membership: your employment rights

  You have the right to: choose to join or not join a union decide to leave…

• Role of your trade union rep

  A trade union representative (‘rep’) is a union member who represents and…

• Union negotiations with your employer

  When an employer and a union agree to negotiate on pay, terms and…

Offshore wind firms must sign up to a ‘Fair Work Charter’ to participate in government renewables auctions.

• Updated: 4 February 2026

Transitional and saving arrangements for the trade union measures of the Employment Rights Act 2025 coming into force on 18 February 2026: for employers, unions and workers.

• Updated: 8 January 2026

Use this list to check if you can claim a fixed amount of tax relief (also known as 'flat rate expenses') for your work expenses if you're an employee.

• Updated: 14 November 2024

Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records

The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers

Working effectively with trade unions; collective bargaining and agreements, informing and consulting, union subs, the check off, political funds, union reps

Employer's responsibilities during the process of union recognition.

Includes industrial action and recognising trade unions

• Updated: 24 June 2015