Employment Rights Act 2025

Commons bill Government Bill 2025-26 Act of Parliament

Passed — now an Act of Parliament
Sponsor
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)
+ 1 co-sponsor
  • Baroness Lloyd of Effra
Introduced
10 October 2024
Last activity
10 December 2025
About this bill

A Bill to make provision to amend the law relating to employment rights; to make provision about procedure for handling redundancies; to make provision about the treatment of workers involved in the supply of services under certain public contracts; to provide for duties to be imposed on employers in relation to equality; to amend the definition of “employment business” in the Employment Agencies Act 1973; to provide for the establishment of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body and the Social Care Negotiating Bodies; to amend the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023; to make provision for the implementation of international agreements relating to maritime employment; to make provision about trade unions, industrial action, employers’ associations and the functions of the Certification Officer; to make provision about the enforcement of legislation relating to the labour market; and for connected purposes.

Parliamentary stages

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Commons
First reading 10 Oct 2024
Second reading 21 Oct 2024
Programme motion 21 Oct 2024
Money resolution 21 Oct 2024
Committee stage 26 Nov 2024
Report stage 11 Mar 2025
Programme motion 11 Mar 2025
Third reading 12 Mar 2025
Programme motion 15 Sep 2025
Lords
First reading 14 Mar 2025
Second reading 27 Mar 2025
Committee stage 29 Apr 2025
Report stage 14 Jul 2025
Third reading 3 Sep 2025
Final stages

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What this bill is about

From the Explanatory Notes (March 2025):

1 The Employment Rights Bill ("the Bill") will deliver the key legislative reforms set out in the Government’s Plan to Make Work Pay . The Bill will: update and enhance existing employment rights and make provision for new rights; make provision regarding pay and conditions in particular sectors; and make reforms in relation to trade union matters and industrial action. It further creates a new regime for the enforcement of employment law. 2 The Bill is in six parts and contains 12 schedules. Part Summary Part 1: Employment Rights , including Schedules 1-3 This Part provides for the refor…
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