Extended the procedural time limit for lodging Employment Tribunal complaints concerning the right to accompaniment during study or training discussions from three to six months by amending the 2010 Regulations.

These Regulations amend the existing Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2010 by increasing the statutory time limit for an employee to present a complaint to an Employment Tribunal regarding an employer’s failure, or threat to fail, to allow accompaniment during a meeting about study or training, extending this period from three months to six months, with the change applying only to failures occurring on or after October 1st, 2026.

Removed the 'linked travel arrangement' category from consumer law and established a 14-day statutory refund right for travel organisers against third-party providers.

These Regulations amend the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 to abolish the legal category of 'Linked Travel Arrangements' and expand the definition of 'package' to include services facilitated by a single trader during a single contact.

The instrument mandates that third-party service providers must refund travel organisers or retailers within 14 days of a cancellation or non-performance.

These changes apply to all package travel contracts and related travel services entered into across the United Kingdom on or after 6 April 2027.

Exempted certain technology transfer agreements from the UK's Chapter I prohibition on anti-competitive practices, effective from May 2026.

This Order establishes a block exemption from the Chapter I prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 for specific technology transfer agreements involving the licensing or assignment of technology rights such as patents, know-how, and software copyright.

It directs that such agreements are exempt from competition law provided they meet specific market share thresholds and do not contain restricted anti-competitive clauses.

The Order applies to licensors and licensees operating in the United Kingdom and empowers the Competition and Markets Authority to withdraw the exemption in individual cases where an agreement is found to be anti-competitive.

Increased the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage hourly rates and the daily accommodation offset amount effective from 1 April 2026.

This instrument increases the statutory hourly pay rates for workers across the United Kingdom effective from 1 April 2026.

It raises the National Living Wage for those aged 21 and over, as well as the National Minimum Wage rates for workers aged 18 to 20, workers under 18, and apprentices.

The regulations also adjust the daily limit that an employer can offset against a worker's minimum wage pay when providing living accommodation.

The Regulations amended Schedule 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 to replace the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority with the Fair Work Agency as a relevant public authority with specific investigatory powers.

These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State under the powers granted by the Employment Rights Act 2025, amend the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 to ensure that the Fair Work Agency, which is taking over the functions of the abolished Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), retains the necessary authority to access communications data for enforcement purposes.

The amendment specifically updates the list of relevant public authorities in Schedule 4 of the 2016 Act, substituting the GLAA's designation with that of the Fair Work Agency within the Department for Business and Trade.

The Regulations applied specified sections of PACE, with modifications, to enforcement officers investigating labour market offences in England and Wales, and revoked the previous 2017 rules.

These Regulations apply selected provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE)—which typically govern police officers—to enforcement officers appointed under the Employment Rights Act 2025 when they investigate 'labour market offences' across England and Wales, replacing previous 2017 regulations and detailing numerous specific modifications to ensure PACE powers like stop and search, entry, seizure of evidence, and arrest procedures operate correctly within the context of these specialist investigators, including mandatory transfer of arrested persons and seized material to the police upon custody commencement.

The Regulations amended multiple statutory instruments, including those concerning employment agencies, gangmaster licensing appeals, and proceeds of crime investigations, to replace references to the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority with the Secretary of State, following provisions in the Employment Rights Act 2025.

These Regulations, operating under the powers granted by the Employment Rights Act 2025, make necessary consequential amendments to various pieces of secondary legislation to align them with the new enforcement structure established by the 2025 Act, chiefly involving the transfer of functions previously held by the now-abolished Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) to the Secretary of State and integrating new enforcement officers into regulatory and financial investigation frameworks.

The regulations mandated specific annual reporting requirements for accredited ADR providers, final reporting for former accredited providers, and supplementary data submission for exempt ADR providers regarding consumer contract disputes.

These Regulations, made under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, establish mandatory information reporting obligations for various types of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) providers concerning consumer contract disputes.

Accredited ADR providers must submit annual reports detailing performance metrics and systemic issues, alongside updating operational information previously submitted during accreditation.

Former accredited providers must submit a final report, and designated exempt ADR providers must provide information to the overarching ADR authority if that data is already supplied to their sector-specific regulator, all aimed at improving regulatory oversight and consumer protection in dispute resolution.