Trade union access and recognition changes
What’s happening
An Employment Rights Act 2025 package strengthens unions' right of access to workplaces, reforms the recognition process, adds new protections for union representatives and extends protection against detriment for taking industrial action.
What to do
Brief site leaders and employee relations teams on the new access rules and update recognition and union-rep procedures.
Source
gov.uk. Checked October 19, 2026.