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EnactedEmployment Rights Act 2025

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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.

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Enacted asEmployment Rights Act 2025c. 36 · 18 Dec 2025

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Act of Parliament: Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36)18 Dec 2025

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Stages
20
Publications
348
Amendments
1413
First event
10 Oct 2024
Last update
22 Dec 2025
Sessions
#39

Stages 20

  1. 1R1st reading — Commons10 Oct 2024
  2. 2R2nd reading — Commons21 Oct 2024
  3. PMProgramme motion — Commons21 Oct 2024
  4. MRMoney resolution — Commons21 Oct 2024
  5. CSCommittee stage — Commons26 Nov 2024
  6. RSReport stage — Commons11 Mar 2025
  7. PMProgramme motion — Commons11 Mar 2025
  8. 3R3rd reading — Commons12 Mar 2025
  9. 1R1st reading — Lords14 Mar 2025
  10. 2R2nd reading — Lords27 Mar 2025
  11. CSCommittee stage — Lords29 Apr 2025
  12. RSReport stage — Lords14 Jul 2025
  13. 3R3rd reading — Lords03 Sept 2025
  14. PMProgramme motion — Commons15 Sept 2025
  15. COLAConsideration of Lords amendments — Commons15 Sept 2025
  16. COCAA/ORConsideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons — Lords28 Oct 2025
  17. COLMConsideration of Lords message — Commons05 Nov 2025
  18. COCAA/ORConsideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons — Lords17 Nov 2025
  19. COLMConsideration of Lords message — Commons08 Dec 2025
  20. COCAA/ORConsideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons — Lords10 Dec 2025

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