Election Services

Setting up or refreshing your employee forum? Need to elect representatives for a specific consultation process? Or does your pension scheme need to elect member nominated trustees?

IPA offers a full election service, including advice and guidance on setting constituencies, relevant employment law and support with internal communications.

Nominations and voting can be online or postal, or a combination - we are happy to work with you to agree an approach and timetable that suits your organisation.

"Just wanted to say thanks for your hard work – we’ll certainly use IPA again" - General Medical Council"

A big thank you to Sarah Dawson who has been managing the nomination & now election of representatives process. It has gone really smoothly." - BP plc

Contact [email protected] or call 0207 759 1006 for all election enquiries.

The IPA (Involvement & Participation Association) is listed as a qualified independent scrutineer for trade union ballots in the Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) (amendment) Order 2017. Statutory Instrument 2017 878 1st October 2017.

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IPA's Derek Luckhurst looks at recent evidence around satisfaction at work, and asks what it is that makes us enjoy our work and what are the barriers for those who don't? Looking through the impact of inequality, the rise of self-employment at the recent great resignation, he is clear that employers need to pay more attention to providing satisfaction at work if they want to hold onto their workforce.
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Global Equality and Diversity Annual Online Conference and Awards: When Doing Right Goes Wrong

IPA Director, Nita Clarke OBE, is speaking at this year's GED conference. Current controversies are testing workforces’ and the public’s sense of fairness in corporate responses to diversity, inclusion and equality challenges. Discover how corporate leaderships, personnel managers, governance, legal and communications professionals can adapt their responses for better and proportionate outcomes.

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