About New Employment Rules

What is on this site

One question, "under 2 years employment rights", answered with a checker that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.

• Unfair dismissal from January 2027: six months, and no compensation cap: From 1 January 2027 the qualifying period for ordinary unfair dismissal falls to six months and the cap on the compensatory award goes. What employers should change now.
• Zero hours contracts: guaranteed hours, shift notice and what is real today: Guaranteed hours and shift notice rights are passed but not commenced, with timings to follow consultation. Exclusivity clauses are already unenforceable.
• Employment law changes 2026 and 2027: the employer timeline: Every dated employment law change for employers through 2026 and 2027, from the August 2026 balloting rules to the January 2027 unfair dismissal reforms.
• Statutory sick pay for employers: day one, and no earnings limit: Since 6 April 2026 SSP is payable from the first qualifying day with no lower earnings limit, at £123.25 a week or 80% of average weekly earnings, whichever is lower.

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New Employment Rules is an independent information site for employers, operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with the Department for Business and Trade, Acas, the Fair Work Agency or any government body, and nothing here is legal advice. Commencement dates for the Employment Rights Act 2025 are set by statutory instrument and future dates remain subject to parliamentary processes: confirm the position on legislation.gov.uk before acting.