Following Royal Assent
- Repeal of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023
- Repeal of most of the Trade Union Act 2016 (some provisions will be repealed via commencement order at a later date)
- Protection against dismissal for taking industrial action
- Removal of the ten-year ballot requirement for trade union political funds
- Simplifying industrial action notices and industrial action ballot notices
April 2026
- Increase in the protective award
- Day one rights to paternity leave and unpaid parental leave
- Whistleblowing protections
- Establishment of the Fair Work Agency
- Removal of the lower earnings limit and waiting period for Statutory Sick Pay
- Simplifying the trade union recognition process
- Electronic and workplace balloting
- Voluntary equality action plans on addressing gender pay gap and supporting employees through menopause
October 2026
- Ban on dismissal and re-engagement (fire and re-hire).
- Requirement for employers to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment.
- Requirement for employers to prevent third-party harassment of employees.
- New rights and protections for trade union representatives.
- Extension of tribunal time limits to six months.
- Duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade.
- Strengthening of trade unions' rights of access to workplaces.
- Two-tier procurement code for outsourced public sector workers.
2027
- Duty to offer guaranteed hours contracts, provide reasonable notice of shifts and pay compensation
- Requirement for employers to produce equality action plans
- Increased rights for pregnant workers not to be dismissed for other reasons (than the existing reason of redundancy)
- Introduction of the power for regulations to be made - what steps are to be regarded as reasonable to prevent sexual harassment
- Strengthening protections against blacklisting and Industrial relations framework
- Regulation of umbrella companies
- New collective redundancy consultation threshold
- Changes to flexible working
- Day one right to bereavement leave
