It’s been another busy few months for the Employment Rights Act 2025 and the Government has recently published an updated implementation timetable. This confirms important changes to the October 2026 implementation dates as well as a delay to the provisions strengthening the law on tipping. There have also been important consultation outcomes on a wide range of trade union measures including electronic and workplace balloting for statutory trade union ballots, protection from detriments for taking industrial action and trade unions right of access into workplaces.

In our first of two articles, we consider the updated implementation timetable and highlight some of the key consultation outcomes. In our second article, we consider recent developments regarding the law on tipping, Fair Pay Agreements in adult social care and a new consultation on holiday pay compliance and enforcement.

Implementation timeline

The original timeline was set out in the Government’s Roadmap published on 1 July 2025. At that time, it was intended that the Act’s measures would take effect on two dates in the year, 6 April and 1 October. Subsequent updates to the timeline simply referred to October with no specific date. For details of the changes implemented on 6 April 2026, see our earlier article April 2026 key dates.

The most recent update was on 7 August 2026 and it confirms the following:

• Measures that will take effect on 25 August 2026
  • Electronic and workplace balloting for statutory trade...

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