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The Employment Rights Act introduces major reforms to UK employment law, with changes being implemented in stages from December 2025 through to 2027.
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Ending one-sided flexibility
The Employment Rights Act 2025 represents the most significant upgrade to workers' rights in a generation. Together with wider reforms set out in the government’s Plan to Make Work Pay, these measures offer an opportunity to reset the UK labour market after decades in which insecure work has become increasingly embedded.
Peter Wieltschnig - 11 Aug 2026
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Ending one-sided flexibility
The Employment Rights Act 2025 represents the most significant upgrade to workers' rights in a generation. Together with wider reforms set out in the government’s Plan to Make Work Pay, these measures offer an opportunity to reset the UK labour market after decades in which insecure work has become increasingly embedded.
Tim Sharp - 11 Aug 2026
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Ending one-sided flexibility
The Employment Rights Act 2025 represents the most significant upgrade to workers' rights in a generation. Together with wider reforms set out in the government’s Plan to Make Work Pay, these measures offer an opportunity to reset the UK labour market after decades in which insecure work has become increasingly embedded.
Emily Pfefer - 11 Aug 2026
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A global breakthrough for platform workers: what the new ILO Convention means
Platform workers are for the first time the subject of a global labour standard following the adoption of the Decent Work in the Platform Economy Convention at the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
Lola Brittan - 08 Jul 2026
A global breakthrough for platform workers: what the new ILO Convention means
Platform workers are for the first time the subject of a global labour standard following the adoption of the Decent Work in the Platform Economy Convention at the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
Peter Wieltschnig - 08 Jul 2026
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