United Kingdom: Working with Unions – January 2026

In brief

Welcome to the January 2026 edition of the "Working with Unions" Bulletin, designed to keep you informed about key legal developments and cases affecting trade unions and employee representative bodies.

Key takeaways

• In this issue, we discuss a recent High Court decision on "prior call" for industrial action, an employment tribunal decision considering whether a trade union official was unfairly dismissed or subjected to detriment on the grounds of their trade union activities when they promoted strike action via Teams, and provide the latest developments on the Employment Rights Bill.
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• For more information in what this development means for you, please get in touch with your usual Baker McKenzie contact.