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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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- Date:
- 2 April 2026
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- Commentary and insights
Mentorship and sponsorship are often treated as interchangeable, but they play very different roles in career progression - particularly for women. Vernujaa Nagandiram explains why a system of formal, evenly distributed sponsorship is key to achieving more equitable professional outcomes.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide highlights the extent of an employer's liability under the Equality Act 2010 for discriminatory acts, as well as the personal liability of employees and agents.
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- Employment law guide
This guide outlines the scope of protection under the Equality Act 2010, with a particular focus on how employees are protected against discrimination throughout all stages of employment - from engagement to dismissal, as well as after the employment relationship has ended. The guide also sets out the geographical reach of the anti-discrimination provisions in the Equality Act 2010.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide explains the burden of proof when discrimination claims brought under the Equality Act 2010 come before an employment tribunal.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide explains the time limits for discrimination claims to be presented to an employment tribunal and when an employment tribunal can exercise its discretion to extend the time limit.
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- Date:
- 30 March 2026
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- Podcasts and webinars
Michelle Gyimah, pay gap strategist and founder of Equality Pays, joins the podcast to explain what the Employment Rights Act 2025 means for pay gap reporting - and what could be next with ethnicity and disability reporting. Practical, straight-talking, and focused on what HR needs to do now.
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- Type:
- International
Updated to reflect developments in Denmark, France and Sweden.
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- 27 March 2026
- Type:
- News
The government has confirmed that it will introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for larger organisations.
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- Type:
- How to
Updated to refer to the Government's statement confirming its commitment to legislating for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting. Although implementation dates are still to be confirmed, the Government's statement should embolden employers to begin preparing. To help you get started, this detailed guide includes sections on gathering ethnicity data for the workforce and defining the groups to report on, while taking into account the need for employee anonymity and statistical robustness.