Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Business news, new rules, funding and real stories for people who run a business in the UK.
Employing people: pay, rights, contracts and visas.
Work & hiring
An updated timeline published on 22 October 2026 puts fire and rehire protections in March 2027, bereavement leave in April and flexible working changes in October. Zero-hours rules still have no date.
Work & hiring
Since 1 October 2026, businesses can be fined for illegal working by people they engage as workers, individual sub-contractors or through online platforms — not only by their employees.
Work & hiring
Longer time limits for tribunal claims started on 1 October. A stronger duty to prevent sexual harassment follows on 30 October, and the unfair dismissal changes arrive on 1 January 2027.