The Employment Rights Act and Your Sponsored Workers

For a sponsored worker, every dismissal, contract change and flexible working request is also read by the Home Office. This free timeline puts each Employment Rights Act date to the end of 2027 next to the sponsor step it adds, so your plan covers both.

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Your Employment Rights Act plan has a second reader

Most Employment Rights Act planning stops at the employment law. For a sponsored worker, the Home Office reads the same decisions: complying with UK employment law is one of your sponsor duties, and pay, roles and records are tested against the Certificate of Sponsorship. Some changes need a new certificate before they happen, and some can't be made at all.

This timeline puts each date next to the step it adds for anyone you sponsor, so your plan covers both readers.

What's inside

Every date from 2026 to the end of 2027. From the Fair Work Agency in April 2026 to umbrella company regulation in December 2027, marked clearly where a date is expected rather than set in law.
The sponsor step beside each change. What the six-month unfair dismissal rule, fire and rehire and the flexible working changes mean for a worker you sponsor.
The sponsor changes in the same window. The right to work extension, the 8 March 2027 deadline for Level 2 users, and the Budget's salary changes, marked as announced rather than law.
Five things to do before 1 January 2027. The short list to work through first.

Who it's for

HR and people teams planning for the Employment Rights Act in an organisation that sponsors overseas workers, in any sector.

General information, not legal advice. Dates follow the government's timeline as updated on 5 November 2026.

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