The Employment Rights Act 2025 represents one of the most significant reforms to UK employment law in recent years, with wide-ranging implications for employers, workers, trade unions, and the public sector. This page will give you access to timely commentary, practical guidance, and expert perspectives as secondary legislation is published and its measures are brought into effect.
Employment Rights Act 2025
This hub brings together all our latest insights, analysis and updates on the Employment Rights Act as it moves into the implementation phase, after receiving Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
- Employment Rights Act 2025: implementation begins
- Following Royal Assent on 18 December, we now have a fixed date for the measures in the Employment Rights Act that will be taking effect early in the New Year: 17 February.
- Employment Rights Act 2025: An overview
- The Employment Rights Act had a long and complicated Parliamentary journey which it finally completed on 16 December 2025. It received Royal Assent two days later. It'll be implemented in stages, starting two months after Royal Assent
- Employment Rights Bill finally passes
- 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.
- Government loses vote in Lords on removing unfair dismissal compensation cap
- Yesterday (10 December) the Government was narrowly defeated in the Lords over its last-minute amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to remove the cap on compensation for unfair dismissal.
- Government backs down on Day 1 unfair dismissal rights
- Yesterday, the Government announced that it had backed down on its plan to introduce Day 1 unfair dismissal rights. This comes following significant push back from the House of Lords in parliamentary debate and discussions with key business stakeholders.
- Employment Rights Bill: Latest developments
- Earlier this week (17 November) the House of Lords again rejected amendments which the Commons reinstated in the Bill earlier this month, potentially delaying the Government’s implementation timetable.
- Employment Rights Bill: Ping pong continues
- Last night (5 November) the House of Commons rejected the latest Lords’ amendments to the Bill). However, they have made some concessions, in the hope of persuading the Lords to back down when the Bill returns to them for the third time.
- Employment Rights Bill fails to clear final Parliamentary hurdle
- On 28th October, the House of Lords declined to accept all the amendments to the Bill passed in the Commons last month. That means that the Bill failed to complete the final step in the Parliamentary process, and "ping pong" continues.
Worker's rights
- Employment Rights Act 2025: Overview of employment rights measures
- Many of the measures relating to trade unions in the Employment Rights Act involve amending or repealing existing legislation. However, the Act will also create a completely new statutory framework to enable independent trade unions to gain access to workplaces for defined purposes when a request for statutory recognition is in progress.
- Employment Rights Act 2025: Fire and re-hire
- In this briefing we will focus the provisions in the Employment Rights Act which will make certain fire and re-hire dismissals automatically unfair.
Trade unions and industrial action
- Employment Rights Act 2025: Overview of trade unions and industrial action measures
- In this briefing we'll be focusing on part 4 of the Act, which addresses trade unions and industrial action.
- Employment Rights Act 2025: Workplace access measures
- Many of the measures relating to trade unions in the Employment Rights Act involve amending or repealing existing legislation. However, the Act will also create a completely new statutory framework to enable independent trade unions to gain access to workplaces for defined purposes when a request for statutory recognition is in progress.
Sector-related measures
- Developing a fair pay framework for adult social care
- The Government is consulting on the establishment of Adult Social Care Negotiating Body for England. It is seeking views on how this body could be set up to “successfully create fair pay agreements and how the voice of workers and employers in the sector could be represented”. Consultation closes on 16 January 2026.
- Public sector outsourcings: turning back the clock?
- As some may recall, back in 2005 the last Labour Government brought in what became known as the “Two-Tier Code.” The Code was designed to prevent disparity in employment conditions between ex-public sector staff transferring in under TUPE and existing private sector staff working on the same outsourced contract.
Meet the employment team
Employment Rights Act 2025: Content collection
Useful links to help you explore all our content on the Employment Rights Act 2025. Follow the links below to learn more about the Act.