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While in opposition, Labour promised to introduce a bill reforming employment law within 100 days of entering government. Many concerns have been expressed about the apparent haste with which the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) was drafted, to meet this self-imposed deadline, which has been said to have resulted in a lack of important detail in it. Consequently, a vast number of amendments have been proposed during the Bill’s Parliamentary journey, in an attempt to add some of that detail. Suzanne Nulty took a look at the latest developments earlier this month.
Employment Right Bill Series: House of Lords Stages so far.
Since then, the House of Lords Committee scheduled several further sittings to those that were planned to enable it to get through all the detail which needed addressing; the final (eleventh!) sitting took place on Tuesday 24 June 2025. During the debate in that final sitting, it was confirmed that the government intends to “imminently” publish an “implementation road map” setting out its planned timetable for consultations and implementation of the various measures within the bill. We will update you when this happens as part of our ongoing ERB Series of Insights.
It has also been confirmed that the House of Lords Report Stage will take place on Monday 14 July, just one week and one day before the House of Commons summer recess commences on Tuesday 22 July, making it most unlikely that the bill itself will complete its passage through Parliament until the autumn session.
Previous insights in our ERB Series
Employment Rights Bill Series: The House of Lords Stages so far (Principal Associate, Suzanne Nulty) 26 June 2025
Employment Rights Bill Series: Employment Rights Bill moves from Commons to Lords (Principal Associate, Suzanne Nulty) 25 March 2025
Employment Rights Bill Series continued (Principal Associate, Suzanne Nulty) 7 March 2025
Employment Rights Bill Series: Zero Hours Contracts and Guaranteed Hours: A Zero-Sum policy? (Principal Associate, Louise Singh) 27 January 2025
Employment Rights Bill Series: Small but significant changes to the statutory sick pay system (Principal Associate, Ashley Powis) 13 December 2024
Employment Rights Bill Series: First set of proposed amendments: what it means and what to expect (Principal Associate, Suzanne Nulty) 6 December 2024
Employment Rights Bill Series: Further rules on fair tipping (Principal Associate, Ashley Powis) 3 December 2024
Employment Rights Bill Series: Dismissal and Re-engagement - Tying the Hands of employers? (Legal Director, Ross Hutchison) 22 November 2024
Employment Rights Bill Series: The Fair Work Agency (Principal Associate, Suzanne Nulty) 15 November 2024
Employment Rights Bill Series: The Pendulum Swings on Industrial Relation (Partner Andrew Forrest and Principal Associate, Louise Singh) 8 November 2024
Employment Rights Bill Series: Day 1 right to claim unfair dismissal (Principal Associate, Suzanne Nulty and Associate, Lauren Barchet) 25 October 2024
Employment Right Bill Series – Flexible Working “Further Flexion” (Principal Associate, Suzanne Nulty) 21 October 2024
The Employment Rights Bill Series: 2024 – What’s in, What’s out, and What’s next (Principal Associates, Louise Singh and Suzanne Nulty) 11 October 2024
