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UK: April Changes To Statutory Payment Rates, Compensation Limits And The ERA 2025 Reforms

April 2026 is due to be a busy month for employment law, with ERA 2025 reforms, compensation limits and updated statutory payment rates.

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

In The Middle Of Implementing Collective Redundancies? Beware Of Ambiguity Over Which Penalties Might Apply

The maximum penalty for not properly consulting about collective redundancies will double from 90 to 180 days' pay per employee from 6 April 2026.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

ERA 2025 Commencement Regulations, Equality Action Plans, Pay Gap Reporting And Further Consultations

The Government has published further commencement regulations for the Employment Rights Act 2025, confirming the expected 6 April 2026 commencement date for the changes to statutory sick pay...

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What's In The Employment Rights Act?

Our dashboard breaks down what's in the Employment Rights Act, showing how these reforms will transform employment law.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The UK Government Consults On New Collective Consultation Obligations

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Latest Increases To UK Employment Tribunal Awards And Statutory Payments

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Employment Espresso Pods: The Employment Rights Act 2025: Your April 2026 Action List (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Employment Rights Act 2025: Government Consults On A New Organisation Wide Threshold For Collective Redundancy Consultation

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Employment Update March 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

The Law Commission's Recommendations On Bringing The Law On Inheritance Into The Modern Era

United Kingdom Family

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Giambrone & Partners

Employment Law Changes In April 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Espresso Pods (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK Collective Redundancy Reform: Widening The Consultation Net

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

What's In The Employment Rights Act?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Episode 18: Massive Attack Helped Me Build A Multi-million Pound Business (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Alvarez & Marsal

Al And Service Clauses Considerations For Commercial Dispute Lawyers (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Webinar: Global Talent, UK Growth: How Visa Pathways Can Drive Business Expansion

United Kingdom Immigration

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Analysis Of Spring 2026 UK Immigration Rule Changes For Employers

United Kingdom Immigration

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Lewis Silkin

Nottingham Attacks Inquiry Begins (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

Paternity Leave For A Bereaved Partner – BPPL

The draft Bereaved Partner's Paternity Leave (BPPL) Regulations 2026 were laid before Parliament on 15 January 2025 and will come into force on 6 April 2026...

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Government Consults On Collective Redundancy Thresholds

Employers proposing 20+ redundancies at one establishment within a period of 90 days must go through a process of collective consultation before making any redundancies.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

In Force From April 2026: Changes To Collective Redundancy, Paternity And Parental Leave, SSP And Whistleblowing Reforms

A number of provisions in the Employment Rights Act 2025 ('ERA 2025') are coming into force on 6 April 2026. We set out the key changes.

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Key Changes To Employment Laws Under The New UK Employment Rights Act 2025

Qualifying Period for the Right Not to Be Unfairly Dismissed. Currently, employees must have two years of qualifying service in order to bring an unfair dismissal claim...

United Kingdom Employment

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Jones Day

Collective Redundancies

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

When Must Employers Consult Collectively On Redundancy And Change Of Terms Dismissals?

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Employment Rights Act 2025: Key Changes From April 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Rothera Bray

Unfair Dismissal Under The Employment Rights Bill

United Kingdom Employment

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Buckles Law

What's New In Employment Law: February 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Womble Bond Dickinson

What's In The Employment Rights Act?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

What Is Quiet Cutting, And What Can I Do About It?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

How Will The Employment Rights Act 2025 Impact On The Use Of Fixed Term And Casual Contracts In Schools?

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Employment: To The Point (January 2026)

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

EAT Rules On Trigger For Collective Redundancy Consultation

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What Is Quiet Cutting, And What Can I Do About It?

There's been a lot of column inches dedicated to the idea of quiet quitting in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic...

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

How Will The Employment Rights Act 2025 Impact On The Use Of Fixed Term And Casual Contracts In Schools?

Important considerations for academy trusts and schools in 2026 and beyond.

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Employment: To The Point (January 2026)

This January 2026 edition focuses on the employment law reforms coming into force in April 2026 and what businesses can do to prepare. Our Employment Rights Act tracker will keep you up to date...

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

EAT Rules On Trigger For Collective Redundancy Consultation

The EAT has ruled that first instance tribunals have been wrong to interpret a judgment of the European Court of Justice on EU law as impacting the trigger...

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New Decision Gives Leeway To Employers On Collective Redundancies

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Winter Newsletter 2025

Welcome to our 2025 employment and immigration winter newsletter. This year has been anything but quiet and employment lawyers and HR professionals have been kept busy on several fronts, with key developments both in the UK and internationally.

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Employment Rights Bill: Where Has It Landed?

After almost a year, the Employment Rights Bill is now awaiting royal assent.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Act Timeline

In July the government published a roadmap indicating when the key changes will happen. There have been some changes since then...

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Unfair Dismissal Rights: What Employers Need To Know As The Government Moves To A Six-month Qualifying Period

For more than a decade, employers have worked on the assumption that ordinary unfair dismissal rights do not arise until an employee completes two years' continuous service.

United Kingdom Employment

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Buckles Law

Post-termination Rights And Share Options

United Kingdom Employment

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Buckles Law

United Kingdom: Employment – 2025 Highlights And 2026 Outlook

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

Keeping Redundancy Fair When AI Is At The Table

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment: To The Point (November 2025)

Worldwide Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

Enhanced Maternity Protection - What Do We Know?

United Kingdom Employment

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

The Rising Tactical Use Of Workplace Data Subject Access Requests

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Bill Sent Back To The Commons Yet Again; ACAS Early Conciliation Period Extended; Digital Collective Redundancy Notification

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Employment Update November 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Legal And Operational Implications Of Reducing Assistant Headteacher Positions

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

What's In The Employment Rights Bill?

European Union Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Bill Consultations: Enhanced Dismissal Protections For Pregnant Women And New Mothers

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Getting Redundancy Right In Northern Ireland – Part 2: Navigating Collective Redundancies With Care

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Law: Insights For In-house Counsel - Autumn 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

What's In The Employment Rights Bill?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Collective Redundancies In The UK: HR1 Form Goes Digital

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

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IBB Law

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Tees Law

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Waterfront Solicitors LLP

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Gowling WLG

Collective Redundancies – Difficult Questions (Video)

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DMH Stallard

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