Unfair Dismissal
Commons · Question 89735 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will issue guidance on the interaction between his Department's proposed probationary period and employees’ rights to claim unfair dismissal under the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 19 Nov 2025
The Government’s Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap, published in July 2025, reiterated our commitment to producing guidance to ensure that employers and employees understand the Plan to Make Work Pay’s changes to employment law, including unfa...