New rights on sick pay topped polls of bosses and workers in having the biggest impact on them.

The polls, carried out by Acas, found that in the Employment Rights Act 2025, sick pay rights were followed by new protections on unfair dismissals.

Employers ranked new paternity leave rights as their third biggest, while workers opted for the new changes on flexible working.

Acas has said that insights gained from the results will help Acas target its support for workers and bosses where they need it the most.

Acas CEO Niall Mackenzie said his organisation would “play a crucial role working with employers, workers and their representatives on the implementation of the Employment Rights Act and updating its advice and training.

“These reforms represent the biggest shake-up to employment law in a generation. Acas remain best placed as independent experts helping everyone at work throughout this period of change.”

The survey results revealed that:

• 43% of employers said that workers getting sick pay for the first day of illness rather than the fourth day would have the biggest impact on them and 36% of workers also listed it as their biggest impact too.
• Workers being protected from unfair dismissal after six months in a job instead of two years was the second most-commonly chosen reform with 31% of employers and 30% of employees selecting this.
• For employers, rights for paternity leave from the first day of employment was their third most important reform (28%), while workers...

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