Employment Rights Act 2025: Trade Union Reforms Take Effect
The Employment Rights Act 2025, which received Royal Assent in December 2025, signalled a major shift in UK employment law. With reforms rolling out throughout 2026 and 2027, employers are […]
Disability Discrimination: Charity Ordered to Pay Over £150,000 – Lessons for Employers
A recent Employment Tribunal case (W Drysdale-Wood v Shared Lives South West) has resulted in a disability charity being ordered to pay more than £150,000 to a former employee with […]
How the Employment Rights Act Will Change Fire and Rehire
Review flexibility clauses and consider making any significant required changes to contractual terms before the new provisions come in What is the current situation? ‘Fire and rehire’ is the colloquial […]
How the Employment Rights Act Will Change Unfair Dismissal
Review your probationary clauses and policies and how you recruit and manage new hires What is the current situation? Employees can currently only claim ordinary unfair dismissal if they have […]
How the Employment Rights Act Will Change Zero Hours Contracts and Shift Notice Requirements
What is the current situation? Employers can currently use zero hours contracts with no obligation to provide regular work, to offer a set number of hours, or to pay for […]
How the Employment Rights Act Will Change Collective Redundancy Consultation
Centralise how you track redundancies as small numbers of dismissals across sites and workplaces may in future trigger statutory consultation processes and mistakes will be costlier What is the current […]
How the Employment Rights Act Will Change Statutory Sick Pay
What is the current situation? Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is currently payable from the fourth day of sickness absence at a flat weekly rate (£118.75 per week from 6 April […]
How the Employment Rights Act Will Change Action on Equality
Larger employers will need to develop and publish reports on their plans to improve gender equality What is the current situation? Employers with 250 or more employees must publish an […]