Employee Information and Consultation Templates
These Employee Information and Consultation templates help UK employers create a clear, structured framework for sharing business information with staff and consulting them on significant workplace changes. They are designed to support compliance with the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004, strengthen employee engagement and reduce the risk of disputes and legal challenges.
This section brings together:
Information and Consultation of Employees Policy
This policy template is an internal staff handbook policy explaining how the organisation will keep employees informed and, where appropriate, consult them through elected employee representatives.
Typical Use:
Any employer wanting a clear, non-contractual framework for communication and consultation with staff.
Information and Consultation of Employees Agreement (Works Council Agreement)
This agreement template is a formal ICE Agreement establishing a Works Council, representative elections and consultation processes, aligned with the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004.
Typical Use:
Employers responding to a valid employee request, voluntarily adopting an ICE agreement or formalising an existing consultation body.
Employers can use the Policy as a staff handbook statement of approach, and the Agreement to establish a formal, legally robust information and consultation structure (such as a Works Council).
The Policy and Agreement together help demonstrate genuine employee involvement in decisions affecting them, support compliance with UK information and consultation law, and strengthen trust and communication across the organisation. This combined approach gives UK businesses a clear, scalable framework for information and consultation
Align other HR and employment policies
Cross-refer to grievance procedures, disciplinary policy, redundancy policy, and health & safety policies so that individual and statutory consultation processes remain clearly separated from collective information and consultation under these templates.
For full details of these policies and to download please click on the below links:
- Information and Consultation of Employees Policy
- Information and Consultation of Employees Agreement
Employee Information and Consultation Templates is part of Employment. Just £38.50 + VAT provides unlimited downloads from Employment for 1 year.