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UK employment law weekly update: ERA 2025 implementation, volunteer worker status ruling, discrimination and armed forces jurisdiction cases, ICO transfer guidance, Acas time off code consultation, EAT strike-out fairness

Published on: 22 January 2026

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In this issue:

  • Employment Rights Act 2025
  • Worker status and categories
  • Recruitment
  • Pay
  • Banned conduct
  • Workplace protections against prohibited conduct
  • Whistleblowing
  • Data protection and staff information
  • Trade unions—personal rights stemming from union membership
  • Redundancy
  • Employment Tribunals
  • Industrial Relations Law Reports (IRLR)—February 2026
  • Dates for your calendar
  • Trackers
  • Employment resources on Lexis+®
  • LexTalk® Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community
  • Daily and weekly news alerts

Employment Rights Act 2025

Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Adoptions from Overseas) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/Draft: These Regulations amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2003, SI 2003/920, to align with changes to section 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) introduced by section 1 of the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024 and by sections 16(2) and 17(2) of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025). The effect is to extend paternity leave to an adopter’s partner in overseas adoption matters where the adopter dies and the child also dies or, after being placed for adoption, is returned. The Regulations take effect on 10 March 2026. See: LNB News 22/01/2026 15...

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