Official-source checkpoint
1 January 2027
GOV.UK lists January 2027 measures including reducing the unfair-dismissal qualifying period to six months for dismissals from 1 January 2027.
GOV.UK Plan to Make Work Pay and Employment Rights Act timeline
Employment Rights Act contract risk
Employment Rights Act January 2027 Contract-Risk Deadline
For UK small employers reviewing contracts, probation practices and dismissal process before the January 2027 changes.
Action path
What to do before relying on any date.
Use this as a triage path. Confirm the official rule, identify whether the problem applies, then use the specific product only if the gap is real.
Step 1
Find contracts, probation wording and dismissal templates that depend on the old two-year risk model.
Step 2
Prioritise senior, high-pay, disputed or performance-sensitive cases for qualified HR/legal review.
Step 3
Use the audit output as a triage file, not as legal advice.
Reviewed product routes
Start with the diagnostic or decision guide.
Each product card links to the public offer, the free diagnostic where available, the decision guide and the individual checkout.
Compliance and Governance / Rank 3
The ERA 2025 Contract-Risk Audit
A UK small employer with no in-house HR walks away in under an hour with a clear view of where their employment contracts and probation practices need review under the Employment...
PriceGBP 149
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