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Employment Rights Act for HR training

Four microlessons on what the Employment Rights Act 2025 means for HR teams, from the commencement timeline and policy changes to collective rights, fire-and-rehire and the Fair Work Agency, with two situational tests and a certificate of completion.

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About this course

What the Employment Rights Act for HR course covers

This course explains the Employment Rights Act 2025 for HR teams in four microlessons. It covers the scope of the Act and its phased commencement timeline, the contract, policy and process changes HR needs to make, collective rights, trade unions and fire-and-rehire, and how the new Fair Work Agency enforces the rules.

Learning outcomes

What your people will be able to do

  • Explain the Act's scope and phased commencement dates, and when each change affects your organization
  • Revise contracts, policies and payroll for day-one entitlements such as statutory sick pay and paternity leave
  • Apply fair process, probation and dismissal procedures ahead of the shorter unfair dismissal qualifying period
  • Plan zero-hours audits and guaranteed hours offers using 12-week reference periods
  • Manage collective redundancy, union recognition and fire-and-rehire risks through documented consultation
  • Build proactive compliance: HR records, gap analysis, manager training and remediation plans
Course contents

4 microlessons

Each microlesson is a short, TikTok-style video lesson, with knowledge checks along the way.

1Scope, Structure and the Commencement Timeline
2Policy, Contract and Process: What Needs to Change
3Collective Rights, Trade Unions and Fire-and-Rehire
4The Fair Work Agency: Enforcement, Risk and Compliance Strategy

  1. Scope, Structure and the Commencement Timeline: The scope of the Employment Rights Act 2025 and its phased commencement timeline.
  2. Policy, Contract and Process: What Needs to Change: The contract, policy, payroll and process changes HR teams need to make.
  3. Collective Rights, Trade Unions and Fire-and-Rehire: Trade union recognition and access, collective redundancy and the fire-and-rehire rules.
  4. The Fair Work Agency: Enforcement, Risk and Compliance Strategy: The Fair Work Agency, its enforcement powers and how to build proactive compliance.
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Learners finish every microlesson and complete the assessments. 5Mins then issues a certificate of completion for Employment Rights Act for HR (UK).

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Audience and regulation

Who it's for and the law it covers

Who it's for

  • HR managers, HR business partners and people teams in the UK
  • Employee relations and reward specialists who update contracts, policies and payroll
  • HR leads who work with trade unions or plan organizational change
  • Business owners who handle HR themselves

Laws covered

  • Employment Rights Act 2025. Reforms to UK employment law that come into force in phases from April 2026 to 2027, including day-one rights, zero-hours reforms, trade union and collective rights, fire-and-rehire restrictions, changes to unfair dismissal and the Fair Work Agency.
Background

The Employment Rights Act 2025 timeline

The Act comes into force in phases, so different duties start on different dates. The main milestones for HR teams:

  • 6 April 2026: day-one statutory sick pay, with the waiting days and lower earnings limit removed; day-one paternity leave and unpaid parental leave; whistleblowing protection for sexual harassment disclosures. The Fair Work Agency was set up on 7 April 2026.
  • October 2026: six-month time limits for most employment tribunal claims (from 1 October 2026); the all reasonable steps duty to prevent sexual harassment and new trade union access rights (from 30 October 2026).
  • 1 January 2027: the unfair dismissal qualifying period falls from two years to six months, and the cap on the compensatory award is removed.
  • Later in 2027 and beyond: fire-and-rehire restrictions, guaranteed hours and shift notice for zero-hours workers, and other changes, on dates set by further regulations.

Dates as published by 30 October 2026; later dates can still move. This summary is background, not legal advice.

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Your questions answered

Questions about Employment Rights Act for HR training

How long is the Employment Rights Act for HR course?

It's made up of 4 microlessons, each under 5 minutes, so most HR teams finish it in one short session.

Is there a certificate?

Yes. Learners get a certificate of completion once they finish every microlesson and complete the two situational tests. The record is stored in 5Mins for audits.

When do the Employment Rights Act 2025 changes take effect?

In phases. Day-one sick pay and paternity leave started on 6 April 2026, six-month tribunal time limits on 1 October 2026 and the all reasonable steps harassment duty on 30 October 2026. The six-month unfair dismissal qualifying period applies from 1 January 2027, and other changes follow later.

What is the Fair Work Agency?

A new state enforcement body, set up on 7 April 2026, that brings together the enforcement of rights such as the National Minimum Wage, agency worker rules and, later, holiday pay. The course covers its remit and how to prepare for it.

How is this different from the course for managers?

This course covers the policy, contract, collective and enforcement work HR teams own. Employment Rights Act for Managers (UK) covers the day-to-day decisions line managers make.

Will the course be updated as more changes take effect?

5Mins keeps compliance content up to date as regulations change, so HR teams get the latest version without extra admin.

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Yes. Request a free sample lesson and book a short demo with our team. After your demo, we'll share sample lessons with you so you can see the format for yourself.

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