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Employment Rights Act Update

Join our Employment & HR Team as they provide business owners and hr professionals with an Employment Law Update.

We will be providing an in-person seminar on the imminent forthcoming Employment Rights Act reforms and the Government’s phased implementation roadmap.

This session will provide a strategic overview of the changes with a focus on the 2026 reforms, provide practical insights for HR planning and opportunities to discuss how to prepare your organisation for the evolving Employment Law landscape.

In our seminar, our Employment Law Team will review key reforms and implementation including:

Day one rights to statutory paternity leave and unpaid parental leave
Statutory sick pay reforms
Changes to collective redundancy consultation threshold and protective awards
Strengthened whistleblowing protection
Changes regarding sexual harassment and 3rd party harassment
Extended employment tribunal time limits
Trade union changes including new employers’ duty to inform workers of their trade union rights
Stronger protection for employees participating in lawful industrial action
Stronger trade union access rights
Restrictions on fire and rehire
Reduction of unfair dismissal qualifying period
Ending exploitative zero hours contracts and introduction of guaranteed hours requirements
Enhanced protections for pregnant workers
Changes to bereavement leave entitlements

By attending this seminar, you will gain clarity on these reforms, understand the challenges and opportunities for your business ahead of each phase of implementation and identify practical steps to ensure compliance.

We will finish off the morning with a buffet lunch and networking.

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