Employment Rights Bill

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The Employment Rights Bill 2025 is expected to become law soon and will bring sweeping changes to how businesses manage their workforce. The implementation timetable commences from this Autumn going through to 2027 and it is essential that all businesses, regardless of how many staff they have, understand what the upcoming changes are and how best to prepare for them.

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To ensure our valued clients are well informed of the upcoming changes, Employment Partner, Dipti Shah, is meeting with senior decision makers to discuss which legal changes will be most significant to their business and what they should be thinking about to prepare in advance. This is a 30-minute complimentary meeting which can be organised as an in-person meeting at our offices or by teams.

If you wish to book a teams meeting, please do so by clicking the button at the top of this page.

If you would prefer a 30-minute in-person meeting, please email:

Employment Rights Bill

Below are Some of the Upcoming ERB Changes

  • Removal of 2 year limitation and potential ‘day one’ unfair dismissal rights
  • Mandatory ‘light touch’ regime for dismissals during the probationary period
  • A ban on ‘fire and rehire’ practices
  • Tighter restrictions on changing employment contract terms
  • Tightening the duty to prevent sexual harassmentand using NDA’s
  • Expanding family friendly protections (parental leave, paternity leave etc)
  • Changes in use of zero-hour workers
  • Stringent process on managing flexible working requests
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