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Bills · Government Bill · 2024-26

Employment Rights Act 2025: stages, votes and documents

The Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, 434 days after its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 October 2024. MPs divided on it 35 times between 21 October 2024 and 15 December 2025; the narrowest margin was 135 (New Clause 30).

Stages taken place
23
Commons divisions
35
Documents listed
26
Royal Assent
18 December 2025

What the bill is for

The long title reads:

A Bill to make provision to amend the law relating to employment rights; to make provision about procedure for handling redundancies; to make provision about the treatment of workers involved in the supply of services under certain public contracts; to provide for duties to be imposed on employers in relation to equality; to amend the definition of “employment business” in the Employment Agencies Act 1973; to provide for the establishment of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body and the Social Care Negotiating Bodies; to amend the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023; to make provision for the implementation of international agreements relating to maritime employment; to make provision about trade unions, industrial action, employers’ associations and the functions of the Certification Officer; to make provision about the enforcement of legislation relating to the labour market; and for connected purposes.

Sponsors

Stages

StageHouseSittings
1st readingCommons10 October 2024
2nd readingCommons21 October 2024
Programme motionCommons21 October 2024
Money resolutionCommons21 October 2024
Committee stageCommons26 November 2024, 28 November 2024, 3 December 2024, 5 December 2024, 10 December 2024, 12 December 2024, 17 December 2024, 7 January 2025, 9 January 2025, 14 January 2025, 16 January 2025
Report stageCommons11 March 2025, 12 March 2025
Programme motionCommons11 March 2025
3rd readingCommons12 March 2025
1st readingLords14 March 2025
2nd readingLords27 March 2025
Committee stageLords29 April 2025, 8 May 2025, 13 May 2025, 19 May 2025, 21 May 2025, 3 June 2025, 5 June 2025, 10 June 2025, 16 June 2025, 18 June 2025, 24 June 2025
Report stageLords14 July 2025, 16 July 2025, 21 July 2025, 23 July 2025
3rd readingLords3 September 2025
Programme motionCommons15 September 2025
Consideration of Lords amendmentsCommons15 September 2025
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords28 October 2025
Consideration of Lords messageCommons5 November 2025
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords17 November 2025
Consideration of Lords messageCommons8 December 2025
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords10 December 2025
Consideration of Lords messageCommons15 December 2025
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords16 December 2025
Royal AssentUnassigned18 December 2025

Commons divisions on this bill

DateDivisionAyesNoes
21 October 2024Employment Rights Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading105386
21 October 2024Employment Rights Bill: Second Reading386105
11 March 2025Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1095323
11 March 2025Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 30189324
11 March 2025Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 87106340
11 March 2025Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 288105409
12 March 2025Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3933798
12 March 2025Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 110168314
12 March 2025Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 291164324
12 March 2025Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 297167328
12 March 2025Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Schedule 2333100
12 March 2025Employment Rights Bill: Third Reading333100
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1326160
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7330158
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8316172
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23329163
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46314178
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47327164
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48328160
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49332160
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60318170
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61330161
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62330161
15 September 2025Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121316161
5 November 2025Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B310155
5 November 2025Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B308153
5 November 2025Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B310150
5 November 2025Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B312151
5 November 2025Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62311152
8 December 2025Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B32796
8 December 2025Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA12030096
8 December 2025Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B39598
8 December 2025Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H326162
8 December 2025Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62327162
15 December 2025Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H31196

Documents

Act of Parliament

Bill

Explanatory Notes

Impact Assessments

Delegated Powers Memorandum

Briefing papers

Official record

Sources

RecordReadSHA-256
Bills API: bill27 October 20266a08b62843a9281c…
Bills API: stages27 October 2026a8d969f46c5d232b…
Bills API: publications15 October 202692b3107642b191b0…

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