Dismissal

New and updated

• Type:

  How to

  How to choose and apply redundancy selection criteria

  Updated to reflect that employers have more flexibility to use automated decision-making under measures in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, but that they must still have safeguards in place.

• Date:

  13 February 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment Rights Act 2025: 10 key policies employers need to revamp

  Updated to detail the number of employment law reforms in the 289 pages of the Employment Rights Act.

• Type:

  How to

  How to lead HR planning for the Employment Rights Act 2025

  Updated throughout to reflect the Government's updated timeline on the introduction of the different reforms under the Employment Rights Act 2025.

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Coming soon

  Updated to include information about our upcoming webinar on pay transparency. 

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Unfair dismissal: capability or qualifications

  Updated with a reference to Pal v Accenture, which confirmed how employee capability should be assessed.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Unfair dismissal: some other substantial reason

  Updated with a reference to Pal v Accenture, which explored the difference between “capability” and “some other substantial reason” dismissals.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Unfair dismissal compensation cap is removed

  Updated to reflect that the Government has confirmed that this change will take effect on 1 January 2027.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Reduction in unfair dismissal qualifying period from two years to six months

  Updated to reflect that the Government has confirmed that this change will take effect on 1 January 2027.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Collective redundancy consultation: duty to consult

  Updated to reflect the decision in Micro Focus Ltd v Mildenhall, in which the EAT considered the test for triggering the statutory duty to consult where there are staggered dismissals.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Redundancy: protection during pregnancy and during/after family-friendly leave

  Updated to reflect that enhanced redundancy protections will apply for employees taking, or returning, from bereaved partner's paternity leave.