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DAC Beachcroft LLP
The Employment Rights Act 2025 podcast series - Series One: Episode one - Changes to unfair dismissal measures
28 minutes Posted Feb 11, 2026 at 9:15 am.
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In this podcast, experts Richard Loxley, Steve Ellerby and Rose Jakeman discuss the unfair dismissal measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025 including:

• What the ERA 2025 measures on unfair dismissal say

• The implications of the right to bring an ordinary unfair dismissal claim becoming subject to a 6 month qualifying service period from 1 January 2027

• What unfair dismissal attracting unlimited compensation means for litigation, including Polkey deductions and losses that may be claimed under the new regime