At a Glance

The UK Government recently published updates to the implementation timetable for the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025), alongside five new consultations on some of the workplace reforms in the ERA 2025. These developments provide further clarity on when businesses can expect the reforms to take effect and provide some insight as to how the Government plans to move forward on some of the currently uncertain areas. We summarise the developments below.

Updated Implementation Timeline for ERA 2025 Reforms

Back in July 2025, the Government published a roadmap to implementation of the ERA 2025. Earlier this month, the Government published a revised timeline. You can see the timeline for the ERA 2025 reforms on our Reform Hub, but we set out the key developments from the latest published timeline below:

• Six key reforms, previously anticipated for April, are now expressly scheduled to take effect on April 6, 2026. These include:
  • Doubling of the collective redundancy protective award
  • Whistleblowing reforms for sexual harassment
  • Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) reforms
  • Voluntary gender equality action plans
  • Menopause guidance (this is a new addition to the timeline, but is something that had been promised as part of the Government’s Plan to Make Work Pay)
  • Simplified trade union recognition procedures
• On April 7, 2026, the new Fair Work Agency will be formally established. We are expecting the implementation will follow in phases, with further details expected to be...

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