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>Classroom training>Preparing for the Employment Rights Act 2025
Course overview
After much parliamentary wrangling, the landmark Employment Rights Bill has now received royal assent and become law. The Employment Rights Act 2025 is the biggest overhaul of workers’ rights in Britain in a generation, so it is crucial that employers know exactly how they will be impacted. The Act includes earlier protection against unfair dismissal, wider eligibility for sick pay, an upgrade of union powers and limitations on using zero-hours contracts.
This two-hour online session provides a comprehensive overview of the Act and what it means for you. It explores each change, discussing their practical implications and the steps employers need to take to prepare. You will also gain clarity on when each change is expected to take effect and the various consultations that will still shape the final details.
The course will answer the following questions...
- What is in the Employment Rights Act?
- What changes will organisations need to make to policies and processes?
- When will the changes be introduced?
- What do organisations need to do to prepare?
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What will be covered?
- Right to claim unfair dismissal after 6 months' service - and how to prepare for this major change
- Restrictions on ‘fire and rehire’ - limiting the use of contract changes through dismissal and re-engagement
- Reform of collective redundancy rules - including new obligations for consultation
- New duties to prevent workplace harassment - clearer employer responsibilities and stronger enforcement
- Extension of family-friendly rights - more protection for new mothers and extending parental and paternity leave
- Right to request flexible working - strengthening the current provisions
- Improved rights for irregular hour workers - the offer of guaranteed hours
- Stronger enforcement of employment rights - including higher penalties for non-compliance
Who should attend?
This course will benefit any HR professionals, team managers managers and business leaders who are involved in employment matters and need to keep up to date with changes and developments.
Extra benefits
- A course pack containing the information presented on the day
- A certificate of attendance
Course presenters
Kathy Daniels
View testimonialsProfessor Kathy Daniels runs her own consultancy, advising, writing and speaking about employment law. She regularly presents for a number of organisations including the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Kathy started her career working in HR and became Head of HR in a large manufacturing company in the West Midlands. She worked at Aston University in Birmingham for several years, latterly being both Professor and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Engagement). She has written a number of books about Human Resources and Higher Education and has written an employment law textbook which is in its seventh edition. She is a Lay Member of the Employment Tribunal, sitting in Birmingham and an Independent Panel Member of the West Midlands Police Misconduct Board.
Kathy is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
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