The recent flurry of activity on the employment law reforms being introduced under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) continues today with the publication of a new consultation on regulations to prevent the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace harassment or discrimination. The consultation closes on 8 July 2026. This is the […]
The government has published its response to consultation on strengthening the right of trade unions to access workplaces, which is due to come into force in October 2026. The government will introduce a statutory right of access for independent trade unions to engage with workers in person or digitally for the purposes of representation, support,
On 26 February the government published two further consultation papers on the implementation of aspects of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA): Make Work Pay: threshold for triggering collective redundancy obligations consultation and Make Work Pay: protection from detriments for taking industrial action. Collective consultation threshold In addition to retaining the existing trigger for collective
The government has published three further consultation papers on implementation of aspects of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA), covering flexible working, fire and rehire and tipping. Flexible working Currently, all employees have the right to make a flexible working request . Employers can refuse an application for any of these reasons: Extra costs that