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The Employment Rights Act 2025: What Public Sector Employers Need to Know

The Employment Rights Act 2025: What Public Sector Employers Need to Know

The Employment Rights Act 2025, which received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, introduces wide-ranging reforms to UK employment law. Lewis Kerr and Bethany Cooper look at the key provisions for public bodies.

April 16, 2026

The Employment Rights Act 2025: What Public Sector Employers Need to Know

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Council fined £50k after employee injured in ride-on lawnmower accident

April 09, 2026

High Court fines union for breaching Birmingham bin strike injunction

March 18, 2026

City council to put £27m in reserves to cover potential equal pay claims

March 10, 2026

Croydon “hugely disappointed” at lack of further action from professional bodies after referrals, says Mayor

Mar 09, 2026

LGA and Solace publish Senior Leadership Development Framework for sector leaders at second tier

Mar 02, 2026

City council secures High Court interim injunction to stop blockades at waste depots

Feb 23, 2026

Ex-council worker jailed for £893k fraud against vulnerable service users

Feb 19, 2026

Former city council director awarded £10k statutory redundancy payment after claiming restructure constituted demotion

Feb 16, 2026

Potential equal pay liabilities prevent auditors from signing off city council accounts

Feb 09, 2026

Greenwich Council concedes pension fund investment policy was “unlawful” following Israel divestment challenge: law centre

Feb 02, 2026

Union warns Birmingham faces 400+ claims in bin workers dispute, but council suggests it could face another huge equal pay bill

Feb 02, 2026

Police force fined for failing to protect officers during riot training exercise

Jan 28, 2026

Local government should have “full and formal role” in care pay plan negotiations, say county councils

Jan 27, 2026

Town council ordered to pay compensation over indirect age discrimination in search for new clerk/CEO

Jan 22, 2026

LGPS Advisory Board warns Government proposals could “cut across” fiduciary duties

Jan 07, 2026

Union says it will launch equal pay claims against five more councils after reaching £1bn in settlements

Dec 29, 2025

Communities Secretary warns councils not to adopt a four-day working week

Dec 23, 2025

Employment Rights Act receives Royal Assent

Dec 18, 2025

Council prosecutes former employee for ‘polygamous working’

Dec 18, 2025

Council drops motion on pension investment following “strong legal advice” from monitoring officer

Nov 27, 2025

Tribunal finds two complaints of harassment related to race “well-founded” in case brought by ex-Director of Legal against city council

Nov 27, 2025

Natural Resources Wales and HMRC agree £14m settlement over IR35 errors

Nov 03, 2025

Government and district council at loggerheads over performance of services following adoption of four-day working week

Oct 30, 2025

Association of School and College Leaders resolves to “explore legal action” over new inspection regime

Oct 16, 2025

North West council faces equal pay claims which could amount to “tens of millions”, union warns

Oct 15, 2025

Government consults on restoring access for councillors to LGPS and extending scheme to mayors

Oct 13, 2025

Council leader refuses requests to publish confidential report into former leader

Oct 06, 2025

Fraud unit issues recommendations on tackling “polygamous working”

Oct 03, 2025

Councillor access to pension scheme to be reinstated

Sep 30, 2025

Foster carers make “leapfrog” application in bid to take employment rights case to Supreme Court

Sep 26, 2025

City council and trade unions strike £36m deal to resolve equal pay issues

Sep 25, 2025

Government anti-fraud programme reveals £68m in wrongful public sector pensions payments

Sep 24, 2025

Council moves to remove pension investments from conflict and genocide-related assets

Sep 18, 2025

Council awarded £20,000 in costs after locum solicitor loses “vexatious” employment claim

Sep 18, 2025

Employee who simultaneously worked for four different employers including three councils jailed

Sep 01, 2025

Government declines to make Complaint Handling Code of Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman mandatory for councils

Aug 28, 2025

County council moves to reassure staff over legality of data sharing with Reform’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’

Aug 27, 2025

Many local authority staff unaware of ‘first responder’ responsibilities in tackling modern slavery, report warns

Jul 28, 2025

Union brings equal pay claims against Yorkshire council

Jul 25, 2025

Court of Appeal rejects challenge by council to racial discrimination ruling

Jul 24, 2025

Council becomes first to permanently adopt four-day work week

Jul 21, 2025

Former council staff member who juggled four roles at different councils at same time found guilty of fraud

Jul 16, 2025

Best value inspection launched at fire authority with specific focus on governance

Jul 16, 2025

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The Employment Rights Act 2025: What Public Sector Employers Need to Know

The Employment Rights Act 2025, which received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, introduces wide-ranging reforms to UK employment law. Lewis Kerr and Bethany Cooper look at the key provisions for public bodies.

The Employment Rights Act 2025: What Public Sector Employers Need to Know

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The ERA – Benefits and Working Conditions

The ERA – Benefits and Working Conditions

April 01, 2026

Catrin Mills and David Leach provide an overview of the key changes within the Employment Rights Act to workplace benefits and working conditions.

Failure by Employers to Keep Holiday Records Becomes a Criminal Offence From April 2026

Failure by Employers to Keep Holiday Records Becomes a Criminal Offence From April 2026

April 01, 2026

Julie Bann, Catrin Mills, David Leach and Christian Grierson talk through the upcoming changes to employment law.

Next steps for the LGPS after the access and fairness consultation

Next steps for the LGPS after the access and fairness consultation

February 25, 2026

Alec Bennett highlights the key points from the Government’s response to its “Access and fairness” consultation in relation to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

What is an Officer?

What is an Officer?

February 25, 2026

Geoff Wild considers what exactly is an 'officer' of a council and explores the complex rules that surround their appointment and dismissal.

Sex discrimination and gender reassignment: the Darlington nurses case

Sex discrimination and gender reassignment: the Darlington nurses case

Feb 13, 2026

Introduction of New Fair Deal to the LGPS

Introduction of New Fair Deal to the LGPS

Jan 28, 2026

Relationships between teachers and former pupils

Relationships between teachers and former pupils

Jan 21, 2026

The Employment Rights Act 2025 – Breakdown of Key Dates

The Employment Rights Act 2025 – Breakdown of Key Dates

Jan 07, 2026

What's the best way to manage conflict between colleagues in schools and colleges?

What's the best way to manage conflict between colleagues in schools and colleges?

Dec 17, 2025

Electronic and workplace balloting for statutory union ballots

Dec 17, 2025

The ‘Hillsborough Law’, senior leaders and prevention of critical harm

Dec 12, 2025

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Sharpe Pritchard appointed to the Orbis Framework to provide legal services

Dec 04, 2025

PFI expiry and employees

Nov 27, 2025

Pension Schemes Bill 2025 series – a framework for the future of the LGPS

Sep 12, 2025

Banter in the classroom

Aug 29, 2025

Consistency in disciplinary processes

Aug 22, 2025

The Pensions Scheme Bill and the LGPS

Jul 30, 2025

Reasonable adjustments and the removal of disadvantage

Jul 30, 2025

Public sector outsourcings: turning back the clock?

Jul 25, 2025

Education and contracts of employment

Jul 22, 2025

The employment status of carers funded through direct payments

Jul 22, 2025

ADHD diagnosis and disability

Jul 18, 2025

Racist comments from one employee to another

Jul 18, 2025

Costs in discrimination claims brought by litigants in person

Jul 11, 2025

Webinars

Employment webinar: Managing settlements: the legal and practical issues, and the pitfalls to avoid

Rajiv Joshi, Jonathan Walsh and Tom Pimenta provide insight into the strict requirements for settlement discussions and many practical issues to consider.

Employment Law Webinar Series - May to July - 42 Bedford Row

Whistleblowing: Detriment and Dismissal Cases

Wiping the slate clean - tips and tactics on how best to achieve settlement in the ET

Employment law update – a lookback at 2024 so far and where we are heading…

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