"Ministers will speed up the implementation of protections against unfair dismissal for workers so that they start from 2027 after brokering a compromise with Angela Rayner. Rayner, the former deputy prime minister and architect of the employment rights bill, had been planning to lay an amendment to ensure the protections come into force from early next year. But she will no longer do so after conversations with Peter Kyle, the business secretary."
"Anyone employed from July 2026 will benefit from the decision as the protections will immediately apply to workers who already have six months service or more. Rayner's intervention came after considerable Labour anger at the decision to axe day-one protection against unfair dismissal enshrined in the bill, and replace it with a qualifying period of six months down from the existing two years."
Ministers will implement protections against unfair dismissal for workers with six months' service starting 1 January 2027 following a negotiated compromise. Workers employed from July 2026 will immediately benefit because protections apply to those who already have six months' service. The government had previously only committed to implementing the change sometime next year, with October 2027 under discussion. Ministers abandoned a manifesto pledge for day-one unfair dismissal claims, replacing it with a six-month qualifying period reduced from two years. Businesses and unions helped broker the compromise, and Labour figures including Angela Rayner and Justin Madders held talks with ministers.
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