Tracker: Employment Rights Act

18 Dec 2025

The Employment Rights Act will make significant reforms changes to many aspects of employment law.

Employment

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First published 23 January 2025

Last updated 18 December 2025

Royal Assent

April 2026

October 2026

2027

Commencement date unknown

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Tracker: Employment Rights Act

Looking for more detail on how the Employment Rights Act 2025 will affect your organisation?

Last updated 18 December 2025

Implementation timetable

Royal Assent

Industrial action - Repeal of minimum service levels legislation

Industrial action - Balloting and picketing

April 2026

Day-one rights to parental and paternity leave

Ability to take paternity leave following shared parental leave

Changes to sick pay

The Fair Work Agency

Enhanced whistleblowing protections

Trade union recognition

Industrial action - Electronic balloting

Collective redundancy

October 2026

Fire and re-hire

Duty to take "all" reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment

Third-party harassment

Extension of limitation for bringing Employment Tribunal claims

Industrial Action - Protection for taking trade union action

Industrial Action - Modernising blacklisting protections

Trade Unions - Duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union

Trade Unions - Right of trade unions to access workplaces

Trade Unions - Strengthening facility time and access to facilities

Public sector outsourcing

2027

Unfair dismissal

Family-related rights

Zero hours workers

Flexible working

Equality action plans

Commencement date unknown

Immigration

Ban on NDAs

Contributions to political funds

Turnout threshold for industrial action ballots

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