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- Date:
- 3 June 2026
- Type:
- News
Ministers have launched a consultation on "ending one-sided flexibility", looking at the detail of reforms from the Employment Rights Act 2025 relating to zero-hours contracts, reasonable notice of shifts, and pay for cancelled shifts.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The Government published a consultation on how the new zero hours contract rights should work in practice, including how guaranteed hours, notice of shifts and compensation for short-notice changes will be enforced. The consultation closes on 25 August 2026.
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- Date:
- 29 April 2026
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
There is a lot we know about the zero hours contract measures contained in the Employment Rights Act 2025 - and quite a lot we still don't know about how they will work in practice when they are finally implemented next year. Rochelle Murinas offers guidance on how organisations can begin to prepare in the face of uncertainty.
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- Type:
- Editor's choice
Use our new template Contract of employment for certified person (financial services) and Contract of employment for senior manager (financial services) to ensure appropriate contracts are issued to certified persons and senior managers within the financial services sector.
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- Type:
- Contract clauses
Use our updated template wording to review and amend your organisation’s sick pay clause to remove wording that will no longer be accurate and reflect changes to statutory sick pay eligibility introduced through the Employment Rights Act 2025. These changes come into force on 6 April 2026.
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- Type:
- Contract clauses
Use our updated template wording to review and amend your organisation’s sick pay clause to remove wording that will no longer be accurate and reflect changes to statutory sick pay eligibility introduced through the Employment Rights Act 2025. These changes come into force on 6 April 2026.
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- Type:
- Contract clauses
Use our updated template wording to review and amend your organisation’s sick pay clause to remove wording that will no longer be accurate and reflect changes to statutory sick pay eligibility introduced through the Employment Rights Act 2025. These changes come into force on 6 April 2026.
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- Date:
- 18 September 2025
- Type:
- News
MPs have rejected amendments to the Employment Rights Bill tabled by the House of Lords, which the government said would have weakened the Bill, including watering down the day one right to protection from unfair dismissal and limiting those able to benefit from the ban on 'exploitative' zero hours contracts.
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- Date:
- 30 July 2025
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Shantha David, head of legal services at UNISON, joins the podcast to talk about the impact of the Employment Rights Bill on trade union rights, fire and rehire practices and more.
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- Date:
- 28 July 2025
- Type:
- News
The TUC has today (Monday) told Conservative and Liberal Democrat peers in the House of Lords to 'stop trying to block' stronger rights for millions of workers.