# 9 to Life

> Plain-English UK employment rights from the employee's side. Deadlines, day-one rights, and the 2026/2027 Employment Rights Act rollout. England, Wales and Scotland. Not legal advice.

The tribunal calculator at https://9tolife.co.uk/employment-tribunal-deadline-calculator/ applies the 1 October 2026 three-to-six-month rule and the Acas pause in the browser. Dates are not uploaded.

## The clocks that decide most claims

- Filing limit: three months less a day if the act or effective date of termination is before 1 October 2026; six months less a day if it is on or after. Acas early conciliation pauses the clock (window up to 12 weeks since 1 December 2025; at least one month after the certificate).
- Ordinary unfair dismissal qualifying period: two years until 1 January 2027, then expected six months. Automatically unfair dismissals have no qualifying period.
- Grievance, appeal, written reasons, and settlement talks do not pause limitation. Only Acas does.
- Statutory redundancy *pay* claims already have a six-month window. That is a different clock from unfair redundancy.

## Tools

- [Tribunal deadline calculator](https://9tolife.co.uk/employment-tribunal-deadline-calculator/)
- [Statutory notice calculator](https://9tolife.co.uk/notice-period-calculator-uk/): after one month, one week; then one week per complete year from year two, capped at 12.

## Deadlines by claim

- [Unfair dismissal](https://9tolife.co.uk/unfair-dismissal-time-limit-2026/)
- [What counts as the date of dismissal](https://9tolife.co.uk/what-counts-as-the-date-of-dismissal/)
- [Constructive dismissal](https://9tolife.co.uk/constructive-dismissal-time-limit-explained/)
- [Discrimination](https://9tolife.co.uk/discrimination-claim-time-limit-2026/)
- [Whistleblowing](https://9tolife.co.uk/whistleblowing-claim-time-limit-2026/)
- [Redundancy pay and consultation](https://9tolife.co.uk/redundancy-pay-and-consultation-deadlines/)
- [Unpaid wages](https://9tolife.co.uk/unpaid-wages-claim-deadline/)
- [TUPE](https://9tolife.co.uk/tupe-claim-time-limit-explained/)
- [Working time](https://9tolife.co.uk/working-time-regulations-claim-deadline/)

## First 48 hours and process

- [Dismissed this week](https://9tolife.co.uk/dismissed-this-week/)
- [Start Acas early conciliation](https://9tolife.co.uk/how-to-start-acas-early-conciliation/)
- [Raise a grievance](https://9tolife.co.uk/how-to-raise-a-workplace-grievance/)
- [Appeal a dismissal](https://9tolife.co.uk/how-to-appeal-a-dismissal/)
- [Settlement agreements](https://9tolife.co.uk/settlement-agreement-explained/)
- [Garden leave and PILON](https://9tolife.co.uk/garden-leave-and-payment-in-lieu/)
- [Disciplinary hearing](https://9tolife.co.uk/disciplinary-hearing-what-to-expect/)
- [Written reasons](https://9tolife.co.uk/written-reasons-for-dismissal/)

## 2026 rights

- [Employment Rights Act changes](https://9tolife.co.uk/employment-rights-act-2026-changes-explained/)
- [Sick pay from day one](https://9tolife.co.uk/sick-pay-from-day-one-explained/) — commencement still staged; check gov.uk
- [Zero-hours reforms](https://9tolife.co.uk/zero-hours-contract-rights-2026/) — guaranteed hours, shift notice, cancellation pay; dates stagger
- [Fire and rehire](https://9tolife.co.uk/fire-and-rehire-ban-explained/) — restricted, not banned
- [Flexible working request](https://9tolife.co.uk/flexible-working-request-letter-template/) — day-one right to request
- [Maternity and paternity](https://9tolife.co.uk/maternity-paternity-leave-day-one-rights/) — maternity leave is day-one; paternity leave and pay from 6 April 2026
- [Pregnancy dismissal](https://9tolife.co.uk/pregnancy-dismissal-protection/)

## Everyday rights

- [Holiday pay](https://9tolife.co.uk/holiday-pay-uk-explained/) — 5.6 weeks; regular overtime in the week's pay
- [National Minimum Wage](https://9tolife.co.uk/national-minimum-wage-uk-explained/) — NLW £12.71 from 1 April 2026; confirm on gov.uk
- [Worker vs employee](https://9tolife.co.uk/worker-vs-employee-uk/)
- [Harassment](https://9tolife.co.uk/workplace-harassment-and-your-rights/)
- [Written statement](https://9tolife.co.uk/written-statement-of-particulars/) — day-one, workers too
- [References](https://9tolife.co.uk/employment-references-after-you-leave/)
- [Lay-off and short-time](https://9tolife.co.uk/lay-off-and-short-time-working/) — guarantee pay £41/day from 6 April 2026

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