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Employment Rights Act 2025 - Upcoming Changes In 2026 And What Businesses Should Do To Prepare Now

On 3 February 2025, the government published an updated timeline for the implementation of significant reforms under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (the "Act").

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Mayer Brown

UK: Balancing Protected Beliefs

The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision offers employers further guidance on manifestation of belief cases.

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Littler Mendelson

Government Confirms Mandatory Ethnicity And Disability Pay Gap Reporting For Large Employers

Last spring, the government consulted on ethnicity and disability pay reporting, setting out how the new reporting regimes would work. Its response has now been published, confirming that large...

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

UK: April Changes To Statutory Payment Rates, Compensation Limits And The ERA 2025 Reforms

April 2026 is due to be a busy month for employment law, with ERA 2025 reforms, compensation limits and updated statutory payment rates.

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Are You Investigation Ready? Navigating Allegations Against Board Members With Confidence

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

ERA 2025 Commencement Regulations, Equality Action Plans, Pay Gap Reporting And Further Consultations

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What's In The Employment Rights Act?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

In The Pipeline - March 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Safety And Sanctuary: Protecting Yourself And Your Children During A Relationship Breakdown

United Kingdom Family

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Giambrone & Partners

If The Employment Tribunals May Take Years To Hear My Claim Is There A Better Way To Seek Redress From My Employer?

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didlaw

The Law Commission's Recommendations On Bringing The Law On Inheritance Into The Modern Era

United Kingdom Family

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Giambrone & Partners

Understanding Neurodiversity In The Workplace

United Kingdom Employment

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Buckles Law

Caldicott Hearing Starts In The Leeds Employment Tribunal

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

New Government Guidance On Equality Actions Plans Published

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Law Changes In April 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Pensions Playbook: Investing In The UK (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

Protecting Innovation From Hackers Explained (Video)

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

The European Commission's Digital Package: What It Means For Cybersecurity Compliance

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NAVEX

Government Signals Retrospective Extension Of ILR Route To Ten Years

United Kingdom Immigration

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WestBridge Business Immigration

UK Government Launches Guidance On Pay Gap And Menopause Action Plans

The Government has issued its first set of guidance regarding pay gap and menopause action plans.

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

IWD 2026: Why Intersectionality Matters At The Bar

The Bar of England and Wales likes to see itself as a meritocracy. Talent, hard work and intellectual rigour are meant to determine who thrives.

United Kingdom Employment

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Gatehouse Chambers

At Didlaw We Celebrate Women Every Day Not Just International Women's Day

didlaw was founded by a woman and is led by an all-female team. A lot of our work focuses on workplace issues encountered by working women either because of health issues, everyday sexism, maternity...

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Signals Show Heightened Stress On Workplace Cultures

The health of workplace culture is often measured by how employees choose to raise concerns and whether they trust their organization enough to do so.

United Kingdom Employment

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NAVEX

Did An Employer Discriminate Because Of A Job Applicant's Beliefs Or Was It The Inappropriate Manifestation Of Those Beliefs That Was The Problem?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

TUPE, Harmonisation And Indirect Discrimination Risk

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Employment Essentials: Employment Law Changes 2026 And Beyond

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

Faith At Work: Employer Duties During Lent And Ramadan

United Kingdom Employment

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Key Provisions Of The Data (Use And Access) Act 2025 Are Now In Force – What's Coming Next?

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Why Are We Still Waiting For The EHRC Guidance On Single Sex Spaces?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Is It Disability Discrimination To Disregard The Impact Of A Disability On Performance Management?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

In Force From April 2026: Changes To Collective Redundancy, Paternity And Parental Leave, SSP And Whistleblowing Reforms

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Key Changes To Employment Laws Under The New UK Employment Rights Act 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Jones Day

Upcoming Statutory Sick Pay Changes Give Employers A Headache

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Is It Disability Discrimination To Disregard The Impact Of A Disability On Performance Management?

This issue arises all the time in practice. Employees and workers who are disabled think that they are shielded from performance management because of their disability.

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

In Force From April 2026: Changes To Collective Redundancy, Paternity And Parental Leave, SSP And Whistleblowing Reforms

A number of provisions in the Employment Rights Act 2025 ('ERA 2025') are coming into force on 6 April 2026. We set out the key changes.

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Key Changes To Employment Laws Under The New UK Employment Rights Act 2025

Qualifying Period for the Right Not to Be Unfairly Dismissed. Currently, employees must have two years of qualifying service in order to bring an unfair dismissal claim...

United Kingdom Employment

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Jones Day

Upcoming Statutory Sick Pay Changes Give Employers A Headache

Changes to the statutory sick pay regime being introduced by the Employment Rights Act 2025 have received less attention than some of its more headline-grabbing proposals.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Act 2025: What Is The Current Timeline For Implementation?

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Employment Rights Act 2025: Key Changes From April 2026

The much-debated Employment Rights Act 2025 finally passed in December 2025, and a number of employment law changes are expected over the next two years.

United Kingdom Employment

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Rothera Bray

TUPE Takeaways: Do Transferring Employees Need To Be Paid The Same As Existing Employees?

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held it was indirect race discrimination for an NHS Trust to keep transferring employees on a lower rate of pay than existing employees.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

EEOC Harassment Guidance Rescinded: What Employers Need To Know

In a 2-1 vote on January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fully rescinded its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.

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NAVEX

Employment Rights Act Timeline

The Employment Rights Bill is now an Act and it's time for employers to turn to their attention to when this suite of changes will actually take effect.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

UK Employment Law In 2026: Preparing For A Watershed Year Of Reform

United Kingdom Employment

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Ius Laboris

What's In The Employment Rights Act?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The UK FCA's Non-financial Misconduct Framework: Implementation Strategies Ahead Of September 2026

United Kingdom Finance

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Dechert

Understanding Financial Abuse And Economic Abuse: Protection And Support (30 January 2026)

United Kingdom Employment

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

If A Dyspraxic Employee Misgenders A Colleague, Is Disciplining Her Disability Discrimination?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Jennifer Melle Will Pursue Her Employment Tribunal Claims Despite Being Reinstated

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

The Duty To Prevent Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

A New Era For HR Podcast Series

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Why Didlaw Remains A Leading Employment Law Firm In London In 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Understanding Adequate Maintenance Under Appendix FM

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

HR Briefing - January 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Macfarlanes LLP

Is Endometriosis A Disability For The Purposes Of The Equality Act 2010?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

The Darlington Nurses: Another Step Forward In The Protection Of Women's Spaces

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

A New Year, A New Refresh Of Your Diversity Systems And Controls? A Look At The SRA's Updated Guidance For Law Firm Employers

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

'Zero Tolerance': A Case Study In Fairness From Nayfeh v Barclays Bank UK Plc

United Kingdom Employment

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Buckles Law

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Lewis Silkin

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Higgs LLP

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

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Travers Smith LLP

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