Part of Employment Rights Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:30 pm on 12 March 2025.
“In section 226A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (notice of ballot and sample voting paper for employers)—
(a) in subsection (2)(c)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for the words from “figures” to “arrived at” substitute “number mentioned in subsection (2B)”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “figures and that explanation” substitute “that number”;
(b) for subsection (2B) substitute—
“(2B) The number is the total number of employees concerned.”;
(c) in subsection (2C)—
(i) in paragraph (b), omit the words from “and the number” to “categories”;
(ii) in paragraph (c), omit the words from “and the number” to “workplaces”;
(d) in subsection (2D), for “figures” substitute “the number”.”—(Justin Madders.)
This new clause would remove the requirements for a trade union to provide information to an employer ahead of an industrial action ballot as to the number of employees concerned in each category or workplace and to provide an explanation of how the total number of employees concerned was determined by the union.
Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.
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A group of workers who have united to promote their common interests.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
