Part V Industrial action
Requirement of ballot before action by trade union
C1228F1 Separate workplace ballots.
1
Subject to subsection (2), this section applies if the members entitled to vote in a ballot by virtue of section 227 do not all have the same workplace.
2
This section does not apply if the union reasonably believes that all those members have the same workplace.
3
Subject to section 228A, a separate ballot shall be held for each workplace; and entitlement to vote in each ballot shall be accorded equally to, and restricted to, members of the union who—
a
are entitled to vote by virtue of section 227, and
b
have that workplace.
4
In this section and section 228A “workplace” in relation to a person who is employed means—
a
if the person works at or from a single set of premises, those premises, and
b
in any other case, the premises with which the person’s employment has the closest connection.