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Employment Rights Act 2025 Timeline
The timeline below outlines the latest updates on key milestones. Overall, it is expected to take at least two years for the provisions to come into effect
  • At Royal Assent

  • Shortly after Royal Assent

  • April 2026

  • August 2026

  • October 2026

  • December 2026

  • 1st January 2027

  • 2027

Your staff will gain new HR rights soon...

Are you prepared?

The Employment Rights Act 2025 is now in force and has significantly strengthened workers’ rights. With new day‑one entitlements and expanded employee protections, UK employers must act to ensure compliance with what is being called the biggest upgrade to rights at work in a generation.

This will mean overhauling your workplace processes and policies, and looking out for many HR changes coming soon.

To find out how you can prepare, speak to Peninsula adviser today.

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The Employment Rights

Act 2025 is here

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Changes under the Employment Rights Act 2025?

  • Unfair dismissal rights

  • Zero-hour contracts

  • Statutory Sick Pay

  • Paternity and unpaid Parental Leave

  • Bereavement Leave

  • Enforcement (Fair Work Agency)

  • Harassment and sexual harassment obligations

  • Flexible working requests

Call now for expert, free employment law advice

With the Employment Rights Act 2025 now in force, you must update your HR processes and paperwork to reflect the new employee rights

It's important you feel completely confident that you’re following the right employment law practices and staying safe

To understand your upcoming duties to meet HR law, claim your free advice call with an HR expert.

We are currently running a survey to understand what businesses main concerns are around the ERA – our last survey results went all the way to the House of Lords! Here is a link to the survey, Understanding the Employment Rights Act: Are you ready?

It's your chance to gain the essential information to keep your business legally safe. Call now to discuss important changes and the Employment Rights roadmap, including:

Enhanced unfair dismissal protections – only six months of qualifying service will be required.
Increased sick pay eligibility – all workers entitled to sick pay from day-one of absence.
New day one entitlements - such as paternity leave and parental leave.
Extra enforcement - with a new Fair Work Agency, employers will be under more scrutiny around employment law compliance.
Brand new rights - like the right to take bereavement leave including after early pregnancy loss.

Peninsula has got your back

For over 40 years, Peninsula has guided employers through huge changes. The rise of the internet, Brexit, COVID-19... Peninsula's advisers have supported business owners through it all by providing them with commercially focused advice, policies, and more. And we are here to help your business through the Employment Rights Act 2025. Tap below to get ahead of the changes and prepare your business with free advice:

Employment Rights Act 2025 Resources

For information around what the Employment Rights Act 2025 means for your business, discover our expert tips:

Employment Rights Act 2025: What do you need to know?

Our guide provides a comprehensive overview of the Employment Rights Act 2025 and the plethora of changes it'll bring to employment lawRead More

Employment Rights Bill Survey Reveals UK Business Concerns

Peninsula surveyed 577 businesses to find out how they are preparing for the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill and their concerns around the risks posed by the different changes.Read More

Employment Rights Bill: The key updates you need to know

From changes in sick pay entitlement to extending new rights to agency staff, here’s a quick roundup of the key proposed amendments we know so far.Read More

Employment Rights Bill progress

The Employment Rights Bill, first put before Parliament on 10 October 2024, has been amended following the conclusion of the committee stage of its passage to become law.Read More

New Employment Bill puts focus on rights during early months of a job

The Employment Rights Bill, introduced by the Government last week, has been described as the biggest upgrade to rights at work for a generation — although many of the changes will be subject to consultations that will see implementation delayed for two years.Read More

Employment Rights Bill: The major changes under the new roadmap

The government's roadmap of ambitious HR reforms has been unveiled, telling us when we can expect key changes to kick in as part of the Employment Rights Bill.Read More
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