Navigating the Employment Rights Act: What it means for the Construction sector

Navigating the Employment Rights Act: What it means for the Construction sector

June 4, 2026 | By Stronger Together

The Employment Rights Act (ERA), introduced in December 2025 and being phased in across 2026 and 2027, represents a major shift in UK employment law. It strengthens workers’ rights, promotes transparency and accountability, and aims to improve job security. For the construction sector - long reliant on flexible labour such as agency staff, contractors, and zero-hours workers - these reforms present significant operational, legal, and cultural changes.
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Managing construction and property includes managing the risk of exploitation

Managing construction and property includes managing the risk of exploitation

June 11, 2025 | By Stronger Together

According to global research, around a third of victims of forced labour are to be found in the services sector, which covers a range of activities. The UK Modern Slavery Helpline in 2024 states that services ranked third in terms of the number of reported cases and the number of potential victims, after the Care and Construction sectors.
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Exciting developments in the Collaborative Construction Programme

Exciting developments in the Collaborative Construction Programme

February 9, 2024 | By Stronger Together

The Construction Toolkit provides employers and labour providers in the UK construction and property sectors with pragmatic and practical information, guidance and tools to deter, detect and deal with modern slavery and other serious forms of labour exploitation within their own operations and supply chains.
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