At the beginning of the new tax year (26/27), the following policies will come into effect:

• Doubling the protective award for collective redundancies.
  

• Day one rights to paternity and unpaid parental leave.
  

• Enhanced whistleblower protections for sexual harassment.
  

• Establishment of a Fair Work Agency.
  

• Statutory Sick Pay (removal of lower‑earnings limit and making leave available from the first day of absence).

• Reporting sexual harassment becomes a protected whistleblowing disclosure.