United Kingdom: Employee Rights/ Labour Relations

The Employment Rights Act 2025 will double the time limit for bringing most employment tribunal claims from three months to six months from October 2026. This procedural change presents both challenges and opportunities for employers, particularly around record-keeping and evidence preservation as claims may now be filed many months after incidents occur.

This comprehensive update examines recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions on disability discrimination and the right to be accompanied, while analyzing the phased implementation of the Employment Rights Act 2025 and its far-reaching implications for UK employers. The article explores critical changes to unfair dismissal qualifying periods, trade union rights, tipping regulations, and harassment law, alongside new guidance on gender pay gap reporting and workplace monitoring technologies.

The Employment Tribunal has awarded an employee nearly half a million pounds after he accumulated 827 unpaid holiday days over his 37-year employment.