Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the latest gains from the Employment Rights Act 2025, the second step in the rollout of autumn employment law reforms.
Anti-harassment measures require employers to take ‘all reasonable steps’ to prevent sexual harassment of their employees, including taking a proactive approach to prevention and requiring employers to protect their staff from harassment by third parties, such as customers, clients or service users.
Reforms to trade union legislation will grant independent unions the right to enter workplaces to recruit and organise staff, as well as stronger legal protections for employees participating in industrial action.
The introduction of statutory rights for Union Equality Representatives recognises the important contribution they make in promoting equality and supporting positive workplace change.
These add to the 1 October change of employees being given the legal right to take six months to bring cases to the employment tribunal against employers on claims including unfair dismissal, discrimination and unlawful wage deductions, up from a previous limit of three months. In Scotland, this change will take place on 9 November.
Joanne Thomas – Usdaw general secretary says:
The Employment Rights Act is the biggest uplift in workers’ rights in a generation and delivers on many of the campaigns Usdaw has been running over the years. The Act is very important to our members and, crucially, helps to protect decent employers from...
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