Employment Rights Act 2025 guides
The Act phases in from 2026 to 2027. These guides cover the full dated timeline and the measures employers ask about most, with confirmed and indicative dates marked apart. General information, accurate as at 12 July 2026, not legal advice.
The Employment Rights Act 2025 timeline: every date on one page
Royal Assent to the 2027 tranche, as a dated changelog, with what is in force, confirmed, and still awaiting regulations.
Unfair dismissal: a six-month qualifying period, not day one
What 1 January 2027 actually means, why the day-one proposal was dropped, and who is covered on the day the change lands.
Statutory Sick Pay from day one: the 6 April 2026 change
Waiting days gone, the Lower Earnings Limit removed, and what it did to your payroll for the lowest-paid staff.
Guaranteed hours for zero-hours staff: how to prepare
The core zero-hours reform, the consultation closing 25 August 2026, and the 12-week hours log to start now.
The end of fire and rehire: what "restricted variations" means
Why dismissal to force through pay, pension, hours or holiday changes becomes automatically unfair, and the date that moved.
Third-party harassment and the reasonable-steps duty
Why you can be liable for harassment of your staff by customers, and the record to put in place before 1 October 2026.
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