Our dashboard breaks down what's in the Employment Rights Act, showing how these reforms will transform employment law.
Our dashboard breaks down what's in the Employment Rights Act, showing how these reforms will transform employment law.
After a protracted period of parliamentary ping-pong, the Employment Rights Act was finally passed on 18 December 2025.
This introduces sweeping changes that are set to reshape the landscape of employment law. By topic, our dashboard clarifies the current legal position and what it will look like under the Act.
In terms of when these changes will take effect, on 1 July 2025 the government published a roadmap for the delivery, ending speculation on potential implementation dates. On 3 February the government published an updated timetable which changes some of the original dates. The dates in our dashboard are based on this roadmap as updated by the latest timetable, and as modified to reflect milestones which have already been missed. See our timeline for an overview of implementation.
Additional reforms outside the scope of the Act were outlined in the government's 'Next Steps to Make Work Pay'. These are also detailed here.
24 March 2026 - Various sections – to confirm when several measures will take effect, including the requirement to keep holiday entitlement and pay records (from 6 April 2026)
11 March 2026 - Section on equality action plans – to refer to new government guidance.
27 February 2026 -...
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