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The Employment Rights Act 2025: master timeline

A single reference for every Employment Rights Act 2025 change and when it takes effect, from the day-one rights already in force to the changes still to come in 2027.

The manager's guide to guaranteed hours and shift notice rights

Zero-hours rules are changing, but much of the detail is unsettled. Where the law stands today, what the Employment Rights Act 2025 adds on guaranteed hours and shift notice, and how to prepare.

The manager's guide to bereavement leave

Bereavement at work is already covered by two statutory rights, and a third is on the way. Parental Bereavement Leave, Bereaved Partner's Paternity Leave, and the new right coming in 2027.

The manager's guide to the 2027 flexible working reasonableness test

Refusing a flexible working request is about to require more than citing a reason. What the reasonableness test adds, what is confirmed, and how to prepare your refusal practice now.

The manager's guide to the new tribunal time limits

From 1 October 2026, employees have twice as long to bring most tribunal claims. The current position, what changes, when it takes effect, and what it means for keeping records.

The manager's readiness checklist for the October 2026 harassment duty

A checklist, not a legal explainer. From October 2026 the duty to prevent sexual harassment strengthens to all reasonable steps. What to check, refresh and evidence, in the EHRC's 8-step order.

The manager's guide to fire and rehire

A new automatic unfair dismissal risk arrives on 1 January 2027. The ACAS Code position today, what counts as a restricted variation, and the steps to take before it lands.

The manager's guide to the 2027 unfair dismissal changes

From 1 January 2027, unfair dismissal protection starts at six months' service, not two years. How the change works, which dismissals the transitional rule covers, and what stays the same.

The manager's guide to recruitment and onboarding

Recruitment brings together several separate duties: not discriminating, checking right to work, handling candidate data, and issuing the right paperwork on time. A checklist for each stage.