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Employment law: Review of the year 2025
To mark the end of the year, we are pointing you to our top employment-related content from 2025.
- Access the latest news on our hub
- Our dedicated hub gives you access to all the latest Mills & Reeve content on the Act. In the coming year we will keep a particularly close eye on new consultations and the Government’s implementation plans.
- Overview of new employment rights
- The Act's measures include significant changes to the law of unfair dismissal, new rules on collective consultation and fire and re-hire and extensive measures to improve the rights of workers on zero-hours or reduced hours contracts.
- Employment Rights Bill completes final Parliamentary stage
- After months of unexpected delays, the Bill completed its passage through Parliament on 16 December, clearing the way for the first stages in the government’s implementation plans.
New legislation
- Early conciliation periods and HR1s
- The ACAS early conciliation period was doubled to 12 weeks with effect from 1 December. The day previously, the use of the new digital HR1 became compulsory.
- New restrictions on NDAs
- New legislation which limits the use of confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements in relation to victims of crime came into effect on 1 October. Additional restrictions are in the pipeline.
Listen to our podcast explaining the April 2025 changes to statutory leave
Case law and legal practice
- Guidance on balancing competing workplace rights
- The Court of Appeal’s ruling about the dismissal of a gender-critical worker, published in February 2025, offers authoritative guidance on how employers should balance competing rights in the workplace.
- The importance of exploring alternative employment in a redundancy situation
- Over the summer the Employment Appeal Tribunal explained why an employer’s obligations do not stop at applying a fair selection process for redundancy. It is also essential to take active steps to assist redundant staff secure alternative employment, right up to the point the redundancy notice expires.
- AI and workplace disputes
- Alongside the benefits of deploying large language models in the workplace, in our experience there are downsides when it comes to resolving workplace disputes.
Listen to our podcast about conducting a fair capability procedure
Employment law blog
Insights on the latest legal and policy decisions affecting employers and those in a senior human resources role.
