Upcoming Changes - Other
As well as the many changes being made to employment law via the Employment Right Act, there are other changes that will impact employment and employers:
Date Planned | Description |
October 2026 | Right to Work Checks |
Other change discussed that may progress in separate legislation or by non-legislative means:
the right to disconnect
supporting workers with a terminal illness through the Dying to Work Charter
modernising health and safety guidance
enacting the socioeconomic duty
ensuring the Public Sector Equality Duty provisions cover all parties exercising public functions
developing menopause guidance for employers and guidance on health and wellbeing
extending pay gap reporting to ethnicity and disability for employers with more than 250 staff
extending equal pay rights to protect workers suffering discrimination on the basis of race or disability
ensuring that outsourcing of services can no longer be used by employers to avoid paying equal pay
implementing a regulatory and enforcement unit for equal pay with involvement from trade unions
Please note this information is correct as of 12 February 2026.