The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces a number of significant changes for employers, with important reforms taking effect in October 2026 and January 2027. We are writing to you as it is important that employers are aware of these changes and are preparing for them. Changes from 30 October 2026 From 30 October 2026, employers

What has changed? From 1 October 2026, the time limit for bringing most Employment Tribunal claims has increased from three months to six months. The change, introduced by the Employment Rights Act 2025, applies to events occurring on or after 1 October 2026 and affects a wide range of claims, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, unlawful

On 31 July 2026, the Munich Regional Court handed down an important decision concerning the use of copyright-protected music in the development of generative AI. The proceedings were brought by the German collecting society GEMA against Suno, the company behind one of the most prominent AI music-generation platforms. The Court found in favour of GEMA,

Significant changes to trade union recognition are due to take effect later this year as part of the Government’s wider programme of trade union reform under the Employment Rights Act 2025. Employers, particularly those with little or no existing union presence, should start considering now how they would respond both to union access requests and