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The Employment Rights Act 2025: What Changed on 6th April and What You Need to Do Now

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As a business owner, you have enough to think about without wading through pages of government legislation. But the changes that came into effect on 6th April 2026 under the Employment Rights Act 2025 are not the kind you can afford to overlook. They are significant, they are already in force, and non-compliance carries real consequences.

Part of my role at Rebox HR is making sure business owners understand what these changes actually mean in practice — not just in legal terms, but for the day-to-day running of their businesses. So here is a clear, plain-English breakdown of what has changed and what you need to be doing about it.

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I’ve Been a Little Busy Lately… Here’s What I Have Been Up To!

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I won’t pretend it hasn’t been a while since I sat down to write a proper update. The honest reason is that we have been genuinely flat out — and while that’s a good problem to have, it does mean the blog has taken a back seat. So here’s a proper catch-up on everything that has been happening at Rebox HR so far this year.

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Festive Chaos in the Workplace? We’ve Got You Covered

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Let’s be honest – December in the workplace is absolute carnage, isn’t it?

Secret Santa gone wrong. Someone’s ordered three pairs of shoes on company time. Dave from Accounts is three sheets to the wind at 2pm. And don’t even get me started on the passive-aggressive battle royale over who gets Christmas week off.

Sound familiar?

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Whatever Happened to Professional Courtesy? A Letter to Employees (and Employers)

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I need to talk about something that’s been troubling me for a while now. It’s not about employment law, tribunal statistics, or compliance issues – though those are all connected. It’s about something far more fundamental: basic professional courtesy seems to be disappearing from our workplaces, and it’s making everyone’s lives significantly harder.

As someone who’s spent the last two decades in HR, I’ve seen workplace dynamics shift in countless ways. But this particular change – the erosion of simple, decent communication between colleagues, between employees and managers, between people – is perhaps the most concerning of all.

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Working From Home: It’s a Request, Not a Right (And Why That Matters)

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Let me start with something I say at least ten times a week in my HR consultancy, Rebox HR: You do not have an automatic right to work from home in the UK. Not even in 2025. Not even after all the changes to flexible working legislation that came into force in April 2024.

And judging by the conversations I’m having with both employees and employers, this seems to be one of the most misunderstood aspects of current employment law. So let’s clear this up once and for all, shall we?

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