Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

Trade union rights at work: joining, protection, and representation explained

Thinking about joining a union, or already a member? Here's what the law protects, what your employer can't do, and the trade union reforms taking effect through 2026.

If your employer skipped redundancy consultation altogether, you could be owed up to three months’ extra pay.

Collective redundancy consultation: what your employer has to do if 20+ people are affected

If your employer is planning redundancies across a whole team or site, the law gives your employer extra duties on top of the usual individual redundancy process. Whether those duties were actually followed can make a real difference to what you're owed.

Scoring you before consultation starts isn’t automatically unfair, but it’s a warning sign

Sacking a pregnant employee on invented charges timed to dodge her maternity pay is one of the most serious forms of discrimination there is.