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- Date:
- 28 November 2025
The government will reduce the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from two years to six months, dropping Labour's longstanding manifesto commitment in the Employment Rights Bill to make it a day-one right.
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- Date:
- 28 November 2025
The proposed 2026-27 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have now been published by the government.
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- Date:
- 26 November 2025
Tax thresholds will remain frozen and pension salary sacrifice will no longer be exempt from National Insurance, the Chancellor has confirmed in today's Budget.
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- Date:
- 18 November 2025
The Parliamentary ping-pong over the Employment Rights Bill continued this week, with various provisions being sent back from the House of Lords for further review and debate in the Commons.
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- Date:
- 13 November 2025
Far from being a casualty of 'woke' culture wars, inclusive hiring practices are in fact more popular than ever with employers, research has suggested.
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- Date:
- 6 November 2025
Parliamentary ping-pong resumed yesterday when the Employment Rights Bill returned to the House of Commons and MPs voted to reject peers' amendments on day-one unfair dismissal rights, zero-hours contracts and trade union ballot thresholds.
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- Date:
- 6 November 2025
The window for entering early conciliation with Acas will be doubled from six to 12 weeks from next month.
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- Date:
- 29 October 2025
The Employment Rights Bill will now enter a 'ping pong' battle after a number of amendments were rejected by the House of Lords.
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- Date:
- 28 October 2025
The government will not 'water down' day-one rights for unfair dismissal in the Employment Rights Bill and will reject an amendment from peers calling for a six-month qualifying period.
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- Date:
- 23 October 2025
Gender pay gap reporting will go ahead in Northern Ireland, but the threshold for employer size remains uncertain, and plans for mandatory reporting of pay gaps for ethnicity and disability have been paused for the time being.