Becca Daws

For this month’s employment law update, we will be informing you about the changes to Unfair Dismissal rights under the new Employment Rights Act 2025, and the importance of managing probations correctly and effectively. Unfair Dismissal: What is changing? Six-Month Qualifying Period: Employees will gain the right to bring an unfair dismissal claim after only six months of service, rather than two years service. Retrospective Application: On 1 January 2027, any existing employee with six...

­Proposed date: October 2026 What is likely to happen? The new duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment at work (in force from 26 October 2024) will become a duty to take "all" reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment. Regulations will specify the steps that employers should take, such as carrying out risk assessments and implementing harassment policies and complaints procedures. A complaint of sexual harassment at work will be treated as a protected disclosure under...

This month’s employment law update will focus on the Employment Rights Bill as the UK government have recently released the roadmap for a...