The Employment Rights Act 2025 finally received Royal Assent and became law on 18 December 2025. It represents what the government has described as “the biggest upgrade of workers’ rights in a generation” and includes a raft of changes to the current industrial relations framework.
This article, published in International Employment Lawyer on 20 January 2026, covers a number of the key changes, some of which will apply from as early as February 2026.