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Citation | SI 2004/3426 |
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Made | 21 December 2004 |
Commencement | 6 April 2005 |
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Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Text of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. |
The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3426) are a United Kingdom statutory instrument. This follows the EU Information and Consultation of Employees Directive 2002/14/EC establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees.
The ICE Regulations require that employees are informed and consulted on all contract or workplace organisation changes. [1] Consultation means an "obligation to negotiate" with "a view to reaching agreement". [2] The penalty on an employer for failure to consult or follow the Regulations is up to £75,000 for each violation. [3]
Negotiation and consultation may take place under a voluntary agreement with an employer, particularly through a trade union under a collective agreement. If there is no voluntary agreement, formal consultation procedure may be triggered by at least 2% of employees, [4] and then requires election of a body of all staff. This procedure must "enable the information and consultation representatives to meet the employer at the relevant level of management depending on the subject under discussion". [5]