Twelve-month Legal Timeline

November 2025

• Certain provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 3 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2025 come into force on 5th September 2025 and 17th November 2025. These Regulations also make transitional and savings provisions.
• An online version of the HR1 form has been launched by the Insolvency service and from 30^th November 2025 the form can only be submitted online. This replaces the paper form that must be submitted to the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS) acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when an employer plans to make 20 or more employees redundant at an establishment within a 90-day period.

• The Presidential Guidance on Principles for Compensating Pension Loss is currently being reviewed and updated by the working group of Employment Judges. They would welcome suggestions about the content, structure and presentation of the guidance and any contributions should be sent by email to pensionprinciples@ejudiciary.net by 1^st November 2025.

• On 3rd November 2025, the Better Hiring Institute (BHI) published a report on removing employment barriers for neurodiverse people. Developed in collaboration with Acas, Reed Screening, BBC CAPE, and the Association of Accessible Employers, the report outlines the employment challenges faced by neurodiverse individuals and provides details recommendations to improve workplace inclusion.

• On 4th November 2025, the government published the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. The Regulations are due to come into force on 1st December 2025 and seek to increase the ACAS early conciliation window from six weeks to twelve weeks. This will apply for all claims where early conciliation is commenced on or after 1st December.

• On 5th November 2025, DWP and DBT published the final report of the keep Britain Working Review. The review explores the increasing rate of economic inactivity among working-age adults in the UK, with a particular focus on the impact of ill-health and disability. It notes that disabled people face significantly lower employment rates (about 53%) and are more likely to become economically inactive compared to non-disabled people.

• On 14th November 2025, HMRC published a briefing on 'Tax fraud warning for employment agencies and employers: tax credits reducing liabilities for employers', detailing awareness of new fraudulent models which are being marketed to employers and recruitment agencies offering ‘cheaper’ payroll services. REC Members should take note of this in light of the upcoming umbrella changes and introduction of joint and several liability from April 2026.

• On 19th November 2025, CCS released their notice of the tendering opportunity for the upcoming framework agreement for Supply Teachers and Education Recruitment (RM6376). The information provided within the Bidder Engagement Slides from 17th September 2025 (available under 'Supplier Engagement') remains correct, with the exception of a few updates: 

  • Slide 6: Number of suppliers to be awarded a place on Lot 1 of the agreement. CCS will now be awarding up to 150 suppliers. 

  • Slide 9: Pricing Model and Role Types

  • Category Line 1: Teacher (SEND and non-SEND). This will now be split into STEM teacher and non-STEM teacher, so there will be an additional role type as part of the commercial pricing template. 

  • CCS will be implementing a maximum 'bid ceiling' pricing strategy. This means that bidders will be required to tender Employment Business pricing that falls within a maximum 'bid ceiling', set for each role type. If the tender pricing exceeds the maximum 'bid ceiling' for any of the role type for the lot(s) for which they are bidding, then the bid will be deemed non-compliant and will be excluded from the procurement, though this will still not guarantee bidders a place on the framework agreement. 

The tender enquiry deadline is on 3rd December at 3:00pm, and the tender submission deadline is on 19th December at 3:00pm.