Explanatory note

These Regulations amend seven statutory instruments to extend time limits for presenting complaints to the Employment Tribunal for specified matters from three months to six months.

Regulation 10 makes transitional provision so that the amendments made apply only where the act or failure to act to which the complaint relates occurs on or after 1st October 2026. Provision is also made so that where the complaint relates to a series of acts or failures to act, then the extended time limits will only apply where the last of those acts or failures occurs on or after 1st October 2026.

Similarly, where the detriment or less favourable treatment complained of is a series of similar acts or failures, the amendments made by these Regulations will only apply to cases where the date of the last act or failure is on or after 1st October 2026.

A full impact assessment, which outlines the effect that extending Employment Tribunal time limits will have on the costs to businesses, stakeholders, and households, is available as part of the impact assessments for the Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36) and related secondary legislation on www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments/ and from the Department for Business and Trade, Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, SW1A 2DY.