Employment Rights Act 2025: What MAT leaders must change now
23 April 2026
Online
The Employment Rights Act 2025 represents the biggest shift in UK employment law in a generation, introducing major reforms to dismissal protections, zero-hours contracts, family leave and employment tribunal processes.
For the education sector, these changes will fundamentally affect how staff are recruited, managed, and how employers engage with trade unions.
Join Heather Mitchell (Employment Partner) and Hannah Bingham (Senior HR Consultant) for a practical webinar exploring what the reforms mean for schools and what HR policies, procedures and leadership behaviours need to change now.
What we’ll cover
This session will help education leaders:
- Understand the key changes introduced by the Employment Rights Act 2025.
- Identify areas of increased employment risk for schools and academy trusts.
- Explore how recruitment, probation and performance management will need to evolve.
- Understand the impact of reforms on industrial relations and union engagement.
- Identify which HR policies, procedures and documentation need updating.
Why attend?
By attending this session you’ll gain:
- A clear understanding of the most important employment law changes affecting schools.
- A practical checklist of policy and process updates that are needed.
- Greater confidence managing workforce risks under the new framework.
Contact
Heather Mitchell
Partner
heather.mitchell@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)20 7871 8511
Contact Heather
Hannah Bingham
Senior HR Consultant
hannah.bingham@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2671
Contact Hannah
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