Employment Rights Act 2025

What You Need to Know From today, 1 October 2026, the time limit for bringing most Employment Tribunal claims will increase from three months to six months. This change is intended to provide parties with more time to resolve disputes internally and through ACAS Early Conciliation before litigation commences. The extension will apply to the majority of Employment Tribunal claims, including: Unfair dismissal Discrimination Unlawful deduction from wages Whistleblowing detri

Further implementation dates for the Employment Rights Act 2025 have been announced providing greater clarity on when several important workplace reforms will come into force. These changes form part of the Government’s wider programme to strengthen employee protections and enhance employer responsibilities across a range of employment matters. Some of the key changes relate to the introduction of enhanced protections against harassment. This comes by way of two changes: Emp

From 1 January 2027, all employees that have accumulated 6 months' continuous service will have the right to bring a claim for unfair dismissal, if they are dismissed or constructively dismissed. Counting back, an employee that starts on 1 July 2026 will therefore have 6 months' service by 1 January 2027. However, and very importantly, most employees will be entitled, by statute, to a minimum of 1 week's notice of termination, and this notice period will be factored into th

On 3rd February 2026, the Government published an update to its implementation timeline for reforms under the Employment Rights Act 2025, revising the Employment Rights Bill roadmap published in July 2025. This update has provided specific dates for the coming into force of key measures throughout 2026 and into early 2027. There are still a number of measures to come into effect in 2027 that do not yet have specified dates and we will provide an update when these are known. I