Effective January 1 2027 the qualifying time for an employee to bring an unfair dismissal
claim will reduce from 2 years service to 6 months.
You should now be aware that effective immediately any employee taken on from June 1st
will only need 6 months service to bring a dismissal claim.
As an employer, it is now more important than ever to manage properly probationary periods for new
employees.
Don’t forget even when terminated employees are entitled to 1 weeks notice during the
probation periods which effectively means staff only now need 5 months and 3 weeks notice
before they can bring a claim.
Action required
- Set up rigid probation periods make sure new starters are given regular feedback concerning their performance during the probation period to remove the need to consider extending
- probation.
- Train managers now to ensure they understand the implications of this new regulation and to use probation periods objectively as a tool to evaluate properly new starters.
NewmanHR can provide training and effective documentation to ensure your trouble free compliance.
