Extension of time limits for bringing employment tribunal claims

Implementation date: Not expected before 2026

The Employment Rights Bill has been amended to include provision to extend the time limit for bringing an employment tribunal claim to six months. 

The time limit for most claims is currently three months. The change will apply to all employment tribunal claims, including unfair dismissal and discrimination.

It is not yet known when these measures will come into force. In its Next Steps to Make Work Pay policy paper, the Government said it expects to begin consulting in 2025 on the various measures covered in the Bill and that it anticipates that "the majority of reforms will take effect no earlier than 2026".