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Webinar: Football and the Employment Rights Act 2025 – The Practical Impact

27/01/2026

We hope you can join us for this webinar with Paul Gilroy KC, Steven Flynn and Tim Goodwin, discussing the Football and the Employment Rights Act 2025. It will cover:

• Whether football’s traditional reliance on private arbitration can withstand the risks and exposure of public Employment Tribunal proceedings
• The impact of uncapped unfair dismissal awards on termination payments under standard player contracts and collective bargaining arrangements
• The continued use of fixed-term contracts for players, and whether non-renewal may become more difficult—or more costly
• The enhanced significance of unfair dismissal rights for long-serving players and managers
• How clubs may need to rethink managerial exits, including greater reliance on capability procedures, performance improvement plans and garden leave
• Whether the ERB will shift the balance of power in contractual negotiations between clubs, players and managers

Aimed at clubs, in-house lawyers, agents, advisers and governing bodies, this seminar will provide clear, practical insight into how the Employment Rights Act may change the legal and commercial realities of the modern game.

Please register for this webinar at this link.