# The Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

S.I. 2026/473 · made 28 April 2026

These Regulations amend the Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/155) (“the 2010 Regulations”).

Made under: Employment Rights Act 1996 (Section 63F, Section 63G, Section 236)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/employee-study-and-training-procedural-requirements-amendment-regulations-2026/pdf/uksi_20260473_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/employee-study-and-training-procedural-requirements-amendment-regulations-2026/pdf/uksiem_20260473_en_001.pdf

## Introductory text

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Made 28th April 2026
Laid before Parliament 29th April 2026
Coming into force 1st October 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 63F(4), 63G(1)(d) and 236(5) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

## 1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 1st October 2026.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
(3) In these Regulations, “the 2010 Regulations” means the Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2010.

## 2 Amendments to the Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2010

In regulation 17(2) of the 2010 Regulations (complaint to employment tribunal), in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), for “three” substitute “six”.

## 3 Transitional provision

The amendments made by regulation 2 do not apply where the date of the failure, or threat to fail, to comply with regulation 16(2), (3), or (5) of the 2010 Regulations to which the complaint relates occurs before 1st October 2026.

## Signature

Kate Dearden
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Business and Trade
28th April 2026

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/155) (“the 2010 Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends the 2010 Regulations to extend the time limit, from three to six months, for presenting a complaint to an Employment Tribunal in relation to an employer’s failure, or threat to fail, to comply with an employee’s right to be accompanied at a meeting to discuss study or training.
Regulation 3 provides that the extension to the time limit only applies where the failure, or threat to fail, to comply occurs 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 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.

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