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- Date:
- 16 January 2026
The government has dropped plans to make it a mandatory requirement for workers to sign up for digital ID to prove their right to work in the UK.
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- Date:
- 15 January 2026
AI is helping employees save time, but these gains are often lost while mistakes are rectified, content is rewritten, and output is double-checked.
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- Date:
- 12 January 2026
Millions of workers previously denied time off for the birth of their child will become eligible for day one rights to parental leave from April, as ministers lay new regulations stemming from the Employment Rights Act 2025 before Parliament today (12 January).
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- Date:
- 9 January 2026
The Employment Rights Act 2025 will cost businesses 80% less than previously estimated, according to updated impact assessments produced by the government.
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- Date:
- 18 December 2025
Next year will see the government hone measures contained in the Employment Rights Act as it seeks to balance workers' and unions' new rights with business priorities. It must avoid a meltdown in the employment tribunal system and any risk of mass redundancies ahead of unlimited unfair dismissal compensation and six-month qualifying periods being introduced from 1 January 2027. Here, employment lawyers and specialists tell Personnel Today about their own concerns about the new Act.
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- Date:
- 17 December 2025
The Employment Rights Bill has passed the House of Lords, clearing its final parliamentary hurdle at the fourth attempt. It will now become law as the Employment Rights Act 2025, receiving Royal Assent in the coming days.
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- Date:
- 11 December 2025
The Employment Rights Bill will return to the House of Commons again, after peers narrowly voted to amend the government's proposed abolition of the caps on compensation for unfair dismissal - now the only outstanding issue still blocking the legislation's passage.
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- Date:
- 9 December 2025
MPs have voted in favour of the government's amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, confirming that the new six-month qualifying period for protection against unfair dismissal would come into force with a retrospective start date of 1 January 2027.
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- Date:
- 8 December 2025
The new six-month qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal looks set to commence on 1 January 2027, meaning it will apply to anyone starting employment from 1 July 2026.
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- Date:
- 8 December 2025
A week is a long time when it comes to the Employment Rights Bill. Rob Moss rounds up 'What just happened?' - after the government tabled an amendment to scrap the compensation limits for unfair dismissal.