UK Employment Rights Tracker — connector documentation

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Publisher: Unify Dynamics LLC · connectorbay.com/uk-era-tracker · agent@connectorbay.com

What UK Employment Rights Tracker is for

A cited, dated tracker of the UK Employment Rights Act 2025 implementation timeline as published by GOV.UK on 25 September 2026. Tools list what is coming after a date, what takes effect in a range, whether a measure applies on a date, the full wording of a measure and what the page does not state, the Statutory Sick Pay change of 6 April 2026, the Employment Tribunal claim time limit on a date and the January 2027 unfair dismissal change. Dates are planned and can move; measures dated only by month or year are kept that way. General information only, not legal advice.

Ask your assistant things like:

"What Employment Rights Act changes are coming after today?"
"Which employment law changes take effect between 1 October and 31 December 2026?"
"Does the removal of the sick pay waiting period apply on 1 May 2026, and what did it replace?"
"What is the Employment Tribunal claim time limit on 15 October 2026, and in Scotland?"
"What changes for unfair dismissal from January 2027?"

What it does

upcoming_changes: List Employment Rights Act measures with dates after a given date, plus measures the page dates only as 2027.
changes_effective_between: List measures taking effect in a date range (exact dates, and months or deadlines that overlap the range).
is_in_force_on: Say whether a measure (by id or keyword) is in force on a date, with the basis for the answer.
measure_detail: One measure in full: the page's wording, dates, status on a date, and what the page does not state (in place of employer actions, which the page does not give).
sick_pay_rules_on_date: Statutory Sick Pay conditions before and after 6 April 2026 (Lower Earnings Limit and waiting period), and what the sources do not state.
tribunal_time_limit_on_date: The headline Employment Tribunal claim time limit (3 or 6 months) on a date, including the later Scottish date for breach of contract claims.
unfair_dismissal_period_note: The planned January 2027 change to the unfair dismissal qualifying period and compensatory awards, and what the page does not state.

Data sources

Reference data from official sources (gov.uk); every answer states its source, date and validity period.

What it is not

UK Employment Rights Tracker is independent; not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by any government body, central bank, standards body or scheme operator. Names of rails, schemes and standards are used only to say what a tool works with. It is read-only: it never sends, pays, files or signs anything for you, and it never looks up private individuals.

Not advice. General information only, not legal, tax, accounting or payment advice. UK Employment Rights Tracker is an independent tool: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by any government body, central bank, standards body or scheme operator. Rates, thresholds and rules change; check the cited official source and confirm with a qualified professional before you rely on a result.

Built for: United Kingdom. Languages: English.

Tools

Reference & guides

upcoming_changes — List Employment Rights Act measures with dates after a given date, plus measures the page dates only as 2027. Use for "What Employment Rights Act changes are coming after today?". Args: after, category, include_unspecified.

changes_effective_between — List measures taking effect in a date range (exact dates, and months or deadlines that overlap the range). Use for "Which employment law changes take effect between 1 October and 31 December 2026?". Args: start_date, end_date, category.

is_in_force_on — Say whether a measure (by id or keyword) is in force on a date, with the basis for the answer. Use for "Does the removal of the sick pay waiting period apply on 1 May 2026?". Args: measure, on_date.

measure_detail — One measure in full: the page's wording, dates, status on a date, and what the page does not state (in place of employer actions, which the page does not give). Use for "What exactly does the page say about the sexual harassment prevention duty, and what does it not say?". Args: measure_id, on_date.

sick_pay_rules_on_date — Statutory Sick Pay conditions before and after 6 April 2026 (Lower Earnings Limit and waiting period), and what the sources do not state. Use for "Did the Lower Earnings Limit and waiting period for statutory sick pay still apply on 1 March 2026?". Args: on_date.

tribunal_time_limit_on_date — The headline Employment Tribunal claim time limit (3 or 6 months) on a date, including the later Scottish date for breach of contract claims. Use for "What is the Employment Tribunal claim time limit on 15 October 2026?". Args: on_date, claim_type.

unfair_dismissal_period_note — The planned January 2027 change to the unfair dismissal qualifying period and compensatory awards, and what the page does not state. Use for "What changes for unfair dismissal from January 2027?". Args: on_date.

Conventions

Read-only. Every tool reads public data or computes; nothing is written anywhere and nothing about the user is stored.
Result envelope. ok: true with data, or ok: false with a structured error (bad_input, not_found, upstream_error). degraded lists optional sources that were unreachable.
Rate limits. Free tier 60 tool calls/minute and 300/day per user (keyed on the user identifier supplied by the host agent, else client IP); Pro keys raise this. Over-limit calls return HTTP 429 with Retry-After. initialize and tools/list are never counted.

Support

agent@connectorbay.com · connectorbay.com/uk-era-tracker/support