UK Employment Law: Following the 2025 Reforms

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This course gives HR teams, managers, and leadership operating in the UK the practical employment-law instincts they need to apply the Employment Rights Act 2025 with confidence. You'll learn how the new day-one rights, statutory probation framework, and zero-hours protections actually work in practice; how the UK enforcement bodies (HSE, ACAS, EAT, ICO, EHRC) divide responsibility; and how to handle worker-status, gig-economy, and IR35 risks without tripping a tribunal claim.

By the end, you'll be able to draft compliant day-one offers, run probation correctly under the new rules, manage zero-hours and platform workers without exposure, and use a curated reference library of UK statutes, case law, and regulator guidance that turns every difficult decision into a defensible one.

Access

Self-Paced Learning

Lessons

6 Lessons

Certification

Certificate of Completion

Price

€80
Learning Objectives
Course Benefits
Modules
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Apply the Employment Rights Act 2025 day-one rights to any new hire decision
  • Run a UK statutory probation period correctly, with the right notice and review process
  • Manage zero-hours, gig-economy and platform workers without misclassifying their employment status
  • Recognise where the new UK enforcement bodies (HSE, ACAS, EAT, ICO, EHRC) divide responsibility
  • Build the procedural floor every UK disciplinary process needs to survive an Employment Tribunal claim
  • Use a curated UK statutes, case law, and regulator guidance library to support every decision
Benefits for the Organisation

• Reduce the most common UK tribunal risks (worker-status, day-one rights, zero-hours, fire-and-rehire) before they escalate to a claim
• Shorten the runway for HR and managers to apply the Employment Rights Act 2025 across day-one decisions
• Evidence completed UK compliance training to HSE, ACAS, ICO, EHRC, auditors, and clients with timestamped records
• Standardise the language and UK statutory procedure HR uses across the team, no improvised handling
• Save HR and senior leadership time previously spent rescuing managers from worker-status and tribunal-procedural mistakes

Benefits for Learners

• Recognise when a routine UK management decision is heading toward an Employment Tribunal claim before it tips over
• Build a reusable UK day-one-rights framework managers apply consistently across every people decision they make
• Run UK statutory probation, zero-hours and disciplinary conversations with documentation that holds up at the EAT
• Apply UK worker-status, IR35 and gig-economy rules correctly before contracts are signed
• Pass the assessment knowing every answer traces to a UK statute, regulator code, or EAT ruling, not a study guide

Introduction: Welcome & Overview of Course

Lesson 1: The Employment Rights Act 2025

Understand the core changes the Employment Rights Act 2025 introduced: day-one unfair-dismissal protection, the new statutory probation regime, zero-hours predictability rules, fire-and-rehire restrictions, and the expanded family-leave framework. Map each provision to a daily HR decision.

Lesson 2: UK Enforcement in Practice

Know which UK enforcement body handles what: HSE for health and safety, ACAS for conciliation, the Employment Appeal Tribunal for case law, ICO for data, EHRC for equality, the Fair Work Agency for labour-market enforcement. Learn what triggers each, the timelines that bind employers, and how to respond.

Lesson 3: UK High-Risk Areas - Worker Status and the Gig Economy

Identify the UK areas most likely to generate tribunal claims: worker-status determinations (Pimlico Plumbers, Uber, Addison Lee), platform and gig-economy classification, IR35 and off-payroll rules, agency-worker rights, and employee-status tests. Apply the right framework before contracts are signed.

Lesson 4: UK Reference Library

Build a curated UK statutes, case law, and regulator-guidance library that supports every defensible decision: 14 anchor statutes (ERA 2025, ERA 1996, EqA 2010, NMW Act, Working Time Regs, GDPR/UK GDPR, RIDDOR, ACAS Code, etc.), 8 essential case-law citations (Pimlico Plumbers, Uber, Mencap, Tomlinson-Blake, Wright, Mostyn, JFS, Williams), and the regulator-guidance bookmarks every UK HR file should hold.
Conclusion: Provide Feedback & Claim Certificate.

Lesson 5: Final Assessment

Pass a 10-question readiness check covering the Employment Rights Act 2025, UK enforcement bodies, worker-status and gig-economy rules, the reference library, and the procedural floor for any disciplinary action. Achieve 80% to certify and to demonstrate auditable competence to your regulator, your insurer, and your board.
Conclusion: Provide Feedback & Claim Certificate.

Conclusion: Provide Feedback & Claim Certificate.

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Course FAQ's

Who is this course for?

Line managers, supervisors, team leads, and operational managers who make day-to-day people decisions without formal HR training. The content is also useful as a refresher for HR practitioners who want a manager-facing view of probation, protected absence, and discipline.

No prior knowledge of employment law is required.

Where and when can I take this course?

The course can be taken at any time and from any internet-connected device.

Do I need prior knowledge or experience?

This is a foundation-level course, and all concepts are explained in a clear, simple, and practical way. Learners, do not require any previous training or background knowledge.

Can this course be used for company-wide training?

Absolutely. This course is designed to be rolled out across the organisation, making it suitable for managers at all levels, including those leading global and remote teams.

Do I get a discount if I buy multiple seats for this course?

Yes. Please contact us and we will issue a quote according to your needs.

Will HR be able to track progress and completion?

Yes. HR and administrators can track learner progress, completion rates, and performance across the course.

This provides clear visibility on engagement and outcomes, making it easier to monitor participation, support managers where needed, and report on training impact across the organisation.

Is this course part of a larger employment law programme?

Yes. This is Course 2 of the Auren Employment Law bundle. It follows Course 1 (Employment contracts that survive the tribunal.) and is designed for line managers and supervisors who need the practical instincts to make day-to-day people decisions that hold up. UK and Malta variants are available where national law differs.

All courses in the bundle can be taken as stand-alone course.