Webinar: Unfair dismissal changes - are your probationary processes ready for 1 July?

In this webinar, employment law expert Darren Newman breaks down one of the most significant reforms contained in the Employment Rights Act 2025: the reduction in the qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal from two years to six months. This is a change HR can't afford to ignore.

On 1 January 2027 the Employment Rights Act 2025 will reduce the qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal from two years to six months, which means in effect that employees hired from the beginning of July 2026 will benefit from the change. At the same time the compensation cap for unfair dismissal will be removed, making mistakes potentially a lot more costly.

Darren sets out:

• The details of the ERA changes.
• What HR should be doing now to prepare for these major reforms.
• In particular, how the reduced qualifying period will impact the management of probationary periods.   

The webinar includes a Q&A session.