Employment & Labor

#2026/323The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

🇬🇧United Kingdom··Statutory Instrument·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This Statutory Instrument amends the earlier Commencement No. 1 Regulations (S.I. 2026/3) that brought parts of the Employment Rights Act 2025 into force. It corrects defects in the original commencement order and sets three new commencement dates in April 2026 for additional sections of the 2025 Act. The regulation introduces transitional and saving provisions for unfair dismissal rules (section 30), Schedule 6, Part 5 of the Act, and amendments to the Police Reform Act 2002. It was issued free of charge because it fixes an error in the previous instrument.

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Key Changes

  • Corrects defects in S.I. 2026/3 (C. 2) regarding commencement of the Employment Rights Act 2025
  • Brings additional provisions of the 2025 Act into force on 1 April 2026
  • Brings further provisions into force on 6 April 2026

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Obligations

What this law requires

high

Bring specified provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 into force on 1st April 2026 as outlined in Section 2 of these Regulations

UK Government (Secretary of State), Courts, Tribunals, and All Employers
operational
high

Bring specified provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 into force on 6th April 2026 as outlined in Section 3 of these Regulations

UK Government (Secretary of State), Courts, Tribunals, and All Employers
operational
high

Bring specified provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 into force on 7th April 2026 as outlined in Section 4 of these Regulations

UK Government (Secretary of State), Courts, Tribunals, and All Employers
operational
high

Apply transitional and saving provisions in relation to section 30 of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (unfair dismissal rules) as specified in Section 5 of these Regulations

All Employers, Employment Tribunals
operational
medium

Apply transitional and saving provisions in relation to Schedule 6 of the Employment Rights Act 2025 as specified in Section 6 of these Regulations

Relevant employers and parties affected by Schedule 6 provisions
operational

Affected Parties

EmployersEmployees+3 more…

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employment rights,commencement order,transitional provisions