The Employment Rights Act 2025 marks a clear shift in what’s expected of employers.
It’s no longer enough to have policies sitting in a folder or to rely on one-off training. The direction of travel is towards proactive, ongoing and evidenced action — particularly around areas like sexual harassment, mental health, manager capability and workplace culture.
Tribunals are increasingly asking:
'What steps did you take to prevent issues — and can you prove they were effective?'
For many employers, the risk isn’t intentional non-compliance.
It’s outdated policies, inconsistent management, or a lack of clear evidence when something goes wrong.
To help you sense-check where you’re at, we’ve created a free Employment Rights Act 2025 employer checklist covering:
Sexual harassment prevention and “reasonable steps”
Mental health and wellbeing
Manager responsibilities and consistency
Culture, monitoring and evidence
It’s designed to be practical, not legalistic — and to highlight gaps before they become costly.
👉 Download the free checklist here:
https://www.thehrguru.co.uk/webshop/free-downloads/employee-rights-act-2025-employer-checklist/
If you’re already doing most of this, great — this helps you evidence it.
If not, it gives you a clear starting point.
As always, if you want to talk through what this means for your business in practice, we’re here.
The HR Guru Team
