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Enhanced redundancy protections will apply for employees taking, or returning, from bereaved partner's paternity leave from 6 April 2026 under the Employment Rights Act 2025. Use this training to help ensure line managers are aware of this change.
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- Employment law guide
Updated to confirm that enhanced redundancy protections will apply for employees taking, or returning, from bereaved partner's paternity leave. HR teams should ensure that their redundancy policies and processes reflect this additional protection.
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Updated to set out the protected period for employees on bereaved partner’s paternity leave.
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- How to
Various changes under the Employment Rights Act 2025 took effect on 6 April 2026. HR should begin planning for further reforms due to be introduced later in 2026.
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- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect that the maximum amount of a week's pay for a statutory redundancy payment increased with effect from 6 April 2026. HR professionals should ensure that calculations for statutory redundancy payments are made on the basis of this new maximum amount for redundancy dismissals on or after 6 April 2026.
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- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect that the doubling of the collective redundancy protective award, under the Employment Rights Act 2025, applies to redundancy dismissals that take effect on or after 6 April 2026. HR teams should audit their collective redundancy processes, and provide relevant staff with refresher training on collective consultation obligations, given the significant financial penalties at stake.
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- Legal timetable
Updated to confirm that this uplift applies to redundancy dismissals that take effect on or after 6 April 2026. This gives HR clarity on exactly when their employer faces the danger of a higher protective award if it gets collective redundancy consultation wrong.
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- Legal timetable
Limits applying to various tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment legislation increase on 6 April 2026, including the maximum amount of a week's pay for redundancy payments. HR teams should review the potential cost exposure of redundancies and disputes.
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- Employment law guide
The recent case of Chand v EE Limited addressed the fairness of conduct dismissals, making clear that tribunals must look at the actual reason relied on by the decision-maker, not reasons that could have been argued based on the evidence. HR should ensure that all allegations forming the basis of a dismissal are supported by reasonable grounds.
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- How to
Practical guidance on conducting a redundancy process, with links to more detailed guidance and resources to use at specific stages of the process.