Section 47

An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground that, being— he performed (or proposed to perform) any functions or activities as such an employee representative or candidate. an employee representative for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (redundancies) or regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 , or a candidate in an election in which any person elected will, on being elected, be such an employee representative, An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or by any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground of his participation in an election of employee representatives for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (redundancies) or regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 . . . . This section does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to a dismissal (within the meaning of Part X).

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04