Plain-English guides to the Employment Rights Act 2025, written for UK businesses with 5–49 staff. Every guide is dated — employment law moves, and stale advice is dangerous.
From 30 October, "all reasonable steps" is the bar — and you're liable for harassment by third parties for the first time. What a small team must do before the deadline.
Read the guide →The master checklist: every change, its date, who it hits, and the one action it needs. If you read one page on this site, read this one.
Read the guide →The claim window has doubled. What that means for your record-keeping, your witnesses, and how long a dispute can follow you.
Read the guide →The dismissal-and-reengagement route closes in January. The consultation-first playbook for changing terms lawfully.
Read the guide →Worked cost examples for typical small teams, plus a free calculator so you can run your own numbers.
Read the guide →With unfair-dismissal rights starting at six months, a structured 4-month probation is the new best practice. Here's the system.
Read the guide →Only the deadlines that matter under 50 staff: what's live, what's imminent, what's coming, and what's on the horizon.
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