Employment legislation can change frequently which often means changes to our usual practices and policies. Detailed below are any recent and upcoming employment law changes that you should be aware of. As new laws are implemented, the template policy documents, forms and letters in each section of the employee lifecycle will be updated and linked to the articles here, so you will always have the most up to date information available to you in the Parish HR Support Services pages.
Please click on the communications below that have been sent to Parishes over the last few years. Please note that due to the number of times that the Employment Rights Bill (2025) has been batted back from Parliament to the Government task force for amendments, it is better to start with the latest communications first, as they will contain the finalised policy for each employment law change:
February 2026 - Applicable for April 2026, October 2026 and January 2027
December 2025 - Autumn Budget, Updates to the position of the Employment Rights Bill (2025)
September 2025 - Updates to the position of the Employment Rights Bill (2025)
September 2024 - Updates to the position of the Employment Rights Bill (2025)
April 2024 - Confirmed law changes