# The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations commence section 25 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36) (the “2025 Act”), which relate to unfair dismissal. Section 25(5) of the 2025 Act is partially commenced, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the 2025 Act is commenced, on 1st July 2026. This is to enable the power in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the 2025 Act to be exercised from this date. It enables further consequential amendments to be made when exercising the power in section 154 of the 2025 Act (power to make consequential amendments) in order to make amendments in consequence of the repeal of section 124 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) by section 25(3) of the 2025 Act. The remainder of section 25 of, and Schedule 3 to, the 2025 Act are commenced on 1st January 2027. Regulation 4 of these Regulations contains transitional and saving provisions in relation to cases where the effective date of termination falls either on or after, or before, 1st January 2027.
The impact assessments completed for the Employment Rights Bill, introduced to Parliament on 10th October 2024, contain an assessment of the effect that the reforms to employment law and industrial relations law will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector. They are available at: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3737/publications. They are supplemented by economic analysis and enactment summary impact assessments published on 7th January 2026 which take account of changes during Bill passage. They are available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments. Printed copies of all of the documents mentioned in this paragraph can be obtained from the Department for Business and Trade, Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, SWIA 2DY.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/559/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2026/note
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