3/3/2026 6:18:31 PM Employment Rights Act update #18 - more consultations By Libby Hubbard Two more consultations have been published by the Government. Neither are the life and soul of the party but nevertheless, they are...
2/23/2026 11:57:19 AM Employment Rights Act update #17 - new trade union legislation in force By Libby Hubbard As per our last update, 18 February 2026 marked three months since the ERA received Royal Assent and the commencement date for various...
2/5/2026 9:47:44 AM Employment Rights Act - Update #16 - what's occurring? By Libby Hubbard It's A-level season in our house; the mocks are over, the real thing is nigh and the panic is rising (maybe that's just in me!!). It felt...
12/17/2025 10:10:12 AM Employment Rights Bill - Update #15 - it's agreed... at last By Libby Hubbard As I pen this, I am imagining HM King Charles III sitting at his breakfast table and down plonks a 300-page document, splashing the milk...
12/1/2025 3:19:03 PM Employment Rights Bill - Update #14 U-turn or slight detour? By Libby Hubbard At the risk of sounding wholly narcissistic, why is it that whenever I am out of the office, something big lands in my little employment...
10/24/2025 8:16:31 AM Employment Rights Bill - Update #13: Consultations on enhanced dismissal protections for pregnant and new mothers and on bereavement leave By Libby Hubbard Two more consultations complete the set that the Government published on 23 October (see our blog on the other two consultations on trade...
10/23/2025 4:18:37 PM Employment Rights Bill - Update #12: consultation on trade union access and union information to staff By Libby Hubbard Half term approaches and the Government has given us some reading material as we hunker down to the dark nights of autumn/winter 2025. ...
10/1/2025 2:39:51 PM Employment Rights Bill - Update #11: consultation document for adult social care FPA published By Anna Dabek Libby Hubbard Despite delays to the Employment Rights Bill becoming law* and the chatter over its impact on the roadmap to implementation, the...
9/18/2025 4:51:39 PM Employment Rights Bill - update #10: a little less conversation, a little more action please? By Libby Hubbard Our last update was titled, 'Will the House of Lords' amendments become law?' - the quick answer is no. The House of Commons has made it...
9/8/2025 10:07:50 AM Employment Rights Bill - Update #9: Will the House of Lords' amendments become law? By Libby Hubbard It's a new term at the Houses of Parliament and time to see whether the Government has its pencils sharpened and is ready to pass the...
8/13/2025 10:49:03 AM Employment Rights Bill - Update #8: House of Lords amendments By Libby Hubbard In my last roundup, I assumed that only government amendments to the Bill would be agreed by the House of Lords. That's certainly come...
7/8/2025 2:46:31 PM Employment Rights Bill - Update #7; new amendments By Anna Dabek Libby Hubbard Here we are again with yet more ‘fun and games’ with the Employment Rights Bill. We now have the House of Lords amendments published on...