The second major raft of changes in the Employment Rights Act 2025 have come into force across England, Wales and Scotland.
Some parts of the law have been active since the spring, including so-called "day one" rights to parental leave and statutory sick pay.
New rights include better protections for workers. Employers now need to take “all reasonable steps" to prevent sexual harassment, and are also now liable if a customer or patient harasses an employee, which has been dubbed "the customer isn't always right" law.
But what is meant by "all reasonable steps" and how is harassment defined?
There's another change too: unions now have new legal rights to request physical and digital access to all workplaces with more than 21 employees.
And there's an even greater change on the way; from January, the cap on compensation for unfair dismissal is being lifted, which could lead to more claims and far larger payouts.
But what will the changes mean for workers and employers, and could they add to the huge backlog in the employment tribunals system?
Presenter: Dr Joelle Grogan Producers: Ravi Naik and Charlotte Rowles Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Contributors: Paul Fontes, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland, London Rachel Ellis, Thompsons Trade Union Solicitors, Leeds Catherine Barnard, Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge Amanda Ford, who told us about her experience of an employment tribunal