Staff Consultations and Referenda
Consult your staff properly. Run workplace referenda, elect staff representatives, and take honest pulse and wellbeing surveys, all by secret ballot on one secure platform.
- Workplace referenda and staff consultations by secret ballot
- Staff forum and employee representative elections
- Pulse and wellbeing surveys with eleven question types
- Policy acknowledgement with a dated digital record
- Honest answers, because no one can see how an individual responded
How do we consult staff fairly on a workplace decision?
Run it as a secret ballot rather than a show of hands or an open form. Choice Voting lets you put a workplace question to your staff, elect employee representatives, and gather pulse and wellbeing feedback, all confidentially. Because no administrator can see how an individual voted or responded, staff answer honestly, and you get a clear result with a full audit trail to show how it was reached.
Consult your staff with a vote they trust
Confidential by design, so the answers you get are the real ones.
When a workplace decision affects everyone, a genuine consultation beats a show of hands in a room where people watch each other. If staff think their answer can be traced back to them, they tell you what they think you want to hear, and you make decisions on the wrong information. Choice Voting lets you consult staff confidentially. Put a change, a policy or a proposal to a secret ballot, elect your staff forum or employee representatives, and run pulse and wellbeing surveys where every response is private. Staff take part from any device, no one can link a response to a person, and you get an instant result with a full audit trail. You can also record who has acknowledged a new policy, replacing paper slips with a dated digital record.
Decide together, and listen properly
Formal votes that give you a clear mandate, and feedback that tells you how people really feel.
Decide
Put decisions to a secret vote
For HR and leadership teams who need a fair, recorded outcome on a change that affects the whole workforce.
- Workplace referenda and staff consultations
- Votes on changes to terms, benefits or ways of working
- Staff forum and employee representative elections
- For, against and abstain counted automatically
Listen
Gather honest feedback
For people teams who need an accurate read on morale, engagement and wellbeing, not a filtered one.
- Pulse and engagement surveys
- Confidential staff wellbeing surveys
- Policy acknowledgement with a dated record
- Real time participation and exportable results
Every staff vote, on one platform
From a one off referendum to a regular pulse survey.
Workplace Referenda
Put a change or proposal to the whole workforce by secret ballot, with a clear recorded outcome.
Staff Consultations
Consult staff on policy, benefits or ways of working in a structured way that leaves a record.
Staff Forum Elections
Elect your staff forum, works council or employee representatives by secret ballot.
Pulse Surveys
Take a quick, regular read on how the workforce is feeling, with one response per person.
Wellbeing Surveys
Run confidential wellbeing surveys so staff answer honestly, using eleven question types.
Policy Acknowledgement
Replace paper slips with a dated digital record of who has acknowledged a new policy.
Set up a staff consultation in minutes
The same simple path for a referendum, an election or a survey.
Choose your vote
Referendum, election, survey or policy acknowledgement. Set the question and pick your options.
Add your staff
Import your staff list and set who is eligible to take part, by team, site or the whole workforce.
Open the vote
Branded with your logo. Staff receive their secure link and take part on any device.
Get the result
Results the moment voting closes, with participation, a full breakdown and an audit trail.
Everything you need to consult staff well
True secret ballot
No administrator, manager or Choice Voting staff member can see how an individual voted or responded, so staff answer honestly.
Configurable pass thresholds
Set a referendum to carry on a simple majority, two thirds, three quarters or a custom percentage, whatever your process requires.
Eligibility by group
Restrict a vote to a team, site or grade, so the right staff are consulted on the right decisions.
Eleven survey question types
From yes or no and star ratings to linear scales and free text, so a pulse or wellbeing survey asks exactly what you need.
Policy acknowledgement
A dated digital record of who has acknowledged which policy, ready as evidence when you need it.
Real time participation
Watch take up while a consultation is open and know whether a reminder is worth sending.
Combined events
Run a referendum, a survey and a policy acknowledgement in one event, so staff take part once.
Full audit trail
Who could take part, participation figures and the result, all timestamped and exportable.
UK hosted and secure
Encrypted, UK hosted, ICO registered, Cyber Essentials certified and GDPR compliant.
Consultation staff can be honest with
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Frequently asked questions
Will staff answers really be confidential?
Yes. Every vote and survey runs as a true secret ballot. The system records that a person has taken part, to prevent duplicate responses, but keeps that separate from their answer, so no one, including us, can see how any individual voted or responded.
Can we consult only part of the workforce?
Yes. You can restrict a consultation to a team, site, grade or any group you define, and a single event can send different votes to different groups. Each level shows a running count of who is covered.
What is the difference between a referendum and a survey here?
A referendum is a decision with a pass threshold, so it carries or it does not. A survey gathers opinion across up to eleven question types and does not pass or fail. You can run both in the same event when you want a decision and a feel for the detail behind it.
How does policy acknowledgement work?
Instead of paper slips, staff confirm they have read and acknowledged a policy, and the platform keeps a dated digital record of who has done so. It is useful evidence when you need to show a policy was properly circulated.
How quickly do we see the result?
As soon as the vote closes. The result appears straight away with participation figures, a full breakdown and a downloadable audit trail you can share with leadership.
Consult your staff properly
Workplace referenda, representative elections and honest surveys on one secure platform, with results you can act on and prove.