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Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025 – Slides

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̶̶̶̶Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025Unfair dismissal as a ‘day one’ rightNext steps• 2-year qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims to be removed• All employees set to be able to claim UD from first day ofemployment (and not before)• ‘Initial period of employment’ (IPE) to be introducedlength TBC (between 3 and 9 months)‘lighter-touch’ dismissal process when dismissed during IPE orwhere notice issued during IPE‘lighter-touch’ process will not apply to redundancy dismissalsIPE will be separate to any contractual probationary period• Consultation into (amongstother things) the length ofthe IPE, lighter-touchprocess and compensationregime for dismissals duringIPEWhen?• No earlier than autumn 2026

̶̶̶̶̶̶Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025Guaranteed hours contracts andnotice of shifts• New right for qualifying zero hours and ‘low hours’ workers to beoffered a guaranteed hours contract to reflect hours they regularlywork• To be confirmed‘low hours’number and regularity of hours required to trigger the offerreference periodapplication to agency workers?• Additional new rights toreasonable notice of shiftscompensation for short notice shift cancellations or changesNext steps• Consultation response onagency workers awaited• Regulations setting out theunderlying detail• Further consultation on themechanism(s)When?• Likely no earlier than 2026