The Employment Rights Act 2025 provides the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in a generation marking a shift towards greater employee protection and increased employer liability. These fundamental changes necessitate immediate HR policy and practice updates.
The HR consultancy team at Birketts is equipped and ready to support you navigate these significant changes.
Our specially designed ERA Audit will support you to ensure:
- Organisational readiness and legal compliance.
- Identification of compliance gaps and actions to mitigate risks.
- Good people practices.
- Costly mistakes are avoided.
- Opportunities are taken to maximise the opportunities presented by the legislative changes to enhance employee engagement, recruitment and retention
Options
The following options can be tailored to your
organisation’s needs:
Option 1 – Audit Tool
- An initial 30-minute meeting with one of our experienced senior HR Consultants to introduce you to our ERA Audit Tool.
- The Audit Tool – which can be applied to your organisation, and will help you identify and assess your organisational risks.
- A further, up to an hour meeting to discuss your findings and advice on recommended priorities and actions.
Option 2 – Audit ‘Lite’
- An initial 30-minute meeting with one of our experienced senior HR Consultants to introduce you to our ERA Audit Tool, to discuss the different elements it covers and your organisational priorities.
- An audit of your readiness and compliance with the ERA in two elements of your choice based on your organisational priorities. The audit will include a review of documentation (e.g. policies, contracts of employment) and interviews with key individuals, either virtually via Teams, or at your premises.
- A report setting out headline findings and recommendations.
- Up to an hour’s debrief meeting.
Option 3 – Comprehensive Audit
- An initial 30-minute meeting with one of our experienced senior HR Consultants to
introduce you to our ERA Audit Tool and to discuss the audit process. - A comprehensive audit of your readiness and compliance with the ERA across all relevant areas. The audit will include a review of documentation (e.g. policies, contracts of employment) and interviews with key individuals, either virtually via Teams, or at your premises.
- A report setting out headline findings and recommendations.
- A debrief meeting of up to two hours.
Pricing
Audit Tool: Fixed fee – £975 (plus VAT)
Audit ‘Lite’: Fixed fee – £1975 (plus VAT)
Comprehensive Audit: Fixed fee – £4750 (plus VAT)
Our audits are based on current confirmed changes under the ERA 2025.
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