Policy paper - Implementing the Plan to Make Work Pay and Employment Rights Act

The updated implementation timeline for the government's Plan to Make Work Pay and the Employment Rights Act 2025.

From: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for Business and Trade

Published: 3 February 2026

Last updated: 7 August 2026  See all updates

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Plan to Make Work Pay and Employment Rights Act: timeline update

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Implementing the Employment Rights Bill: roadmap

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The government's Plan to Make Work Pay will bring our employment rights legislation into the 21st century, extending the employment protections already given by the best British companies to millions more workers across the country. 

This page includes:

• the latest information on implementation timelines for the government's Plan to Make Work Pay and the Employment Rights Act 2025
• the implementation roadmap paper, published in July 2025, which sets out the government's approach to delivering these changes

Read supporting documents for Make Work Pay and the Employment Rights Act 2025.