The Employment Rights Act 2025: where are we now and what’s on the horizon?
During the webinar, Blake Morgan Legal Director Jonathan Walsh, Associate Elinor Rowlands and Senior Practice Support Lawyer Debra Gers covered:
- Key measures recently implemented such as the SSP reforms, family leave changes and expanded protection for sexual harassment disclosures and their practical implications.
- The changes we can expect in October 2026 such as extension of the sexual harassment preventative duty, trade union reforms and the procurement two-tier code.
- A look ahead to the high-profile changes to unfair dismissal rights in January 2027 and what these mean for employers as well as the introduction of mandatory equality action plans.
- The consultations that have recently concluded and the impact on future reforms in areas as varied as flexible working, fire and rehire and collective redundancy consultation.
- How to prepare for the wide-ranging measures introduced by the Act.
