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 Employee Voice Hub - 16th November 2021: Climate Change and Just Transition

Building on new work by the IPA in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) for this year’s COP26 climate summit, this meeting will look at the role of the workforce and employment relations in UK employers’ journey towards net zero carbon emissions, and the importance of achieving a just transition that protects jobs and secures employee voice, engagement and buy-in to the necessary transformation in our workplaces.
IPA Employee Voice Hub - 14th September 2021: Hearing Employee Voice at Board Level

Larger organisations are required by the UK Corporate Governance Code to report on how they listen to employee voice in the boardroom. IPA recently completed a report for the Financial Reporting Council examining how this is happening in practice and participants will have the opportunity to learn from the case studies IPA researched for the report, and also share their own experience of good practice in ensuring the employee experience is heard at board level.
Employee relations after the pandemic

Mike Emmott, former Employee Relations Adviser at CIPD, shares his thoughts on how employment relations has been shaped by the experience of the pandemic. Despite the obvious struggles and pain the pandemic has brought for millions, he observes signs of a more positive long-term impact on employment relations, as the lessons of the past 12 months may lead to more freedom, more influence and more rights for the workforce in future.
How Colleague Voice is Making a Difference at Zoetis UK

Zoetis is a global leader in animal health. This case study examines how their UK business is listening to employee voice through the UK Colleague Forum and how this is making a real difference to the business and the workplace experience of UK colleagues.

Employee voice

Employee voice exists, whether you recognise it or not. The only question is – "are you listening?"
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Nita Clarke OBE

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Working Well: Perspectives on Good Work and why it matters

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This training programme focuses around how to use the four key enablers of employee engagement.
Overview of services

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The real impact of the EU on UK employment law

The UK is set to have a referendum on 23 June on whether or not to remain a member of the European Union. In this article, Rachel Suff, Public Policy Advisor at CIPD discusses how ‘the world of work might be affected’ if the UK voted not to remain in the EU. She highlights that a large part of the UK employment law is derived from the EU and that a vote to leave the EU could allow the review or repeal of legislation that came out of EU directives.
Derek Luckhurst

Training and Development Director