A swathe of employment law changes are due to come into force this autumn after the government updated its timetable for the remaining measures under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) with implications for all employers.

Below we set out what the updated timeline means with the caveat that some of the future dates are subject to parliamentary processes, and could be subject to change. The government has stressed it will continue to consult and review the situation, and with the new prime minister Andy Burnham now in place there could be some tweaking of the rules.

What’s happening next

The first change next month is the introduction of electronic and workplace balloting for statutory trade union ballots by 31 August. This is a phased programme, and will be followed, sometime in 2027, with the introduction of electronic and workplace balloting measures for recognition and derecognition ballots.