Date/Time
Date(s) - September 30 2026
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location
This event will take place online.
Rail Forum are excited to collaborate with Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and ACAS to bring you this event:
Navigating the Employment Rights Act 2025 – Understanding the measures, resources available and actions businesses should take…
This one hour webinar (to be held on MS Teams) will be of particular relevance to HR Professionals and Finance Managers in smaller businesses.
The Employment Rights Act 2025 became law in December 2025. The Act extends the employment protections already given by many British companies to millions more workers across the country. Some reforms have already taken effect. In April 2026 rights to Statutory Sick Pay were strengthened, day one rights to Paternity Leave and Unpaid Parental Leave were introduced, and the Fair Work Agency was launched. Further measures will come into force over the next year, including trade union reforms and increased protections from sexual harassment in October 2026, and reductions to the qualifying period for protection from ‘ordinary’ unfair dismissal in January 2027. Further measures are planned around the use of zero hours contracts and agency staff agreements.
Hear from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade and ACAS on the most important developments to be aware of. We will be joined by Andrew Falconer, Stakeholder Engagement Implementation Lead at BIST, and Julie Doel-Jones, Senior Business Adviser at ACAS. This session will set out an overview of measures and help members understand what steps employers should follow to be ready for the changes.
This is a Rail Forum member only event. Bookings can be made below and joining information will be sent out on 28 September.