LUNCHTIME WEBINAR – 25 March 2026
The Employment Rights Act 2025 is poised to reshape the workplace landscape in stages over the next two years. In our upcoming lunchtime webinar, Principal Knowledge Lawyer Amanda Steadman and Managing Associate Tom McLaughlin will guide you through the implementation timeline and consider the steps needed to comply with the key reforms at each stage.
Topics will include:
April 2026 changes
- Increase to protective awards for collective consultation failures.
- Enhancements to Paternity and Parental Leave.
- Sexual harassment becomes a form of whistleblowing malpractice.
- Round up of the other reforms being introduced in April 2026.
October 2026 changes
- Enhanced employer duties to prevent sexual harassment.
- New liability for discriminatory harassment by third parties.
- Time limit to bring Tribunal claims to rise to six months.
- Requirement to give a written statement of trade union rights.
- Round up of the other reforms being introduced in October 2026.
January 2027 changes
- Unfair dismissal: reduction of the qualifying period to six months and removal of the cap on compensation.
- Restrictions on fire and rehire and fire and replace
2027 and beyond
- Ban on restricting the disclosure of discrimination or harassment.
- Higher bar for refusing flexible working requests.
- New right to statutory Bereavement Leave.
- New protections for zero and low hours workers.
- Round up of the other reforms being introduced in 2027 and beyond.
Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Time: 12.00pm-1.15pm
