However, the employer must give the proposed agreement to the employee in advance, advise the employee that they are entitled to seek advice on it, and give the employee an opportunity to seek that advice. Fixed-term agreements will continue to be able to be used for work of a fixed duration. There is nothing to stop employees being employed on a fixed-term basis provided that the employer has genuine reasons for employing the employee in that way. They must also advise the employee at the beginning of the contract when and how their employment will end, and the reasons for this. EREL is leave that can be taken by union members to help them learn how to improve relations between unions, employers and employees.
Entitlement is determined by a formula based on the number of union members at a workplace.
No individual union member can take more than 5 days leave in any one year. Employers may also be eligible for funding to attend ERE courses, from the contestable fund that will be set up alongside the Bill. It is impossible to tell. The level of industrial action has been dropping since the late 1970s, but this reflects a number of factors. There is no reason to suggest that a change in legislation alone will result in increased level of industrial action.