Employment Rights Act 2025: factsheets
Further details on the measures included within the Employment Rights Act 2025.
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The Employment Rights Bill was introduced to Parliament on 10 October 2024. It received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, and is now the Employment Rights Act 2025.
This Act is the first phase of delivering the Plan to Make Work Pay. It will support employers, workers and unions to get Britain moving forward. It will also update and modernise the legislative framework in relation to employment rights.
The Plan to Make Work Pay sets out how the government is aiming to:
- grow the economy
- raise living standards across the country
- create opportunities for all
The plan will help more people to stay in work, improve job security and boost living standards. The plan will also:
- support employers and businesses across the country
- create a fair and level playing field
- modernise the employment rights framework to suit the economy of today
Businesses, employers and employees can use these factsheets to understand the measures within the Act and how it affects them.
Updates to this page
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The 'Statutory Sick Pay - Lower Earnings Limit Removal Structure' factsheet was removed from the page.
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'Employment Rights Bill: factsheets' title updated to 'Employment Rights Act 2025: factsheets' to reflect that the bill has received Royal Assent to become the Employment Rights Act 2025. All factsheet documents have been updated with the newest information available.
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'Employment Rights Bill analysis' name changed to 'Employment Rights Act 2025 analysis' and document updated.
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Replaced the Employment Rights Bill overview factsheet with the Employment Rights Act 2025 overview factsheet.
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Statutory Sick Pay - Lower Earnings Limit Removal Structure added to the page.
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Updated versions of 3 factsheets replaced the old documents, with the following changes: In the 'Employment Rights Bill overview' the Q&A was amended to reflect latest detail on analysis of costs. In the 'Employment Rights Bill analysis': a reference footnote was added to a quote from Simon Deakin, a new statistic was added regarding lost income, and Q&As were added on costs and analysis. The title of the 'Sexual Harassment' factsheet was changed to 'Harassment'.
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Page updated as the Employment Rights Bill entered the House of Lords on the 14 March. The following factsheets have been added to the page: Collective Redundancy, Equality Action Plans and Outsourcing, Flexible Working, International Conventions, Mandatory Seafarers Charter, Protection for Pregnant Women and New Mothers, Public Sector Outsourcing, Sexual Harassment, Social Care Negotiating Bodies and Fair Pay Agreements, Strengthening protections for whistleblowers, Tips and Gratuities, and Umbrella companies. Wholesale changes have been made to the following factsheets: Bereavement, Paternity and Unpaid Parental Leave, Fair Work Agency, Fire and rehire, School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB), Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), Trade unions, Unfair dismissal and Zero hours contracts. Adult Social Care Negotiating Body has been removed from the page.
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Updated 'Employment Rights Bill overview' to provide common questions and answers updated in line with the Employment Rights Bill entering the House of Lords. 'Employment Rights Bill analysis' added to page.
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