Failure by Employers to Keep Holiday Records Becomes a Criminal Offence From April 2026
30 March 2026
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30 March 2026
23 December 2025
The Employment Rights Act 2025 is finally here! Having received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, marking the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in decades. With reforms rolling out in waves from April 2026 through 2027, public sector employers, including local authorities and central government bodies, must prepare for sweeping changes that will…
Read more15 March 2024
We have written previously on the string of recent cases confirming that in judicial review litigation the duty of candour ordinarily requires the names of junior civil servants to be disclosed in unredacted form when providing disclosure. In a recent decision – MTA v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Ors [2024] EWHC…
Read more6 February 2024
Court of Appeal confirms approach to redactions of names of junior civil servants In a unanimous judgment, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the government’s appeal of a High Court judgment which proscribed the government’s practice of routinely redacting the names of junior civil servants when supplying disclosure in judicial review proceedings. R (IAB and…
Read more14 November 2023
Under the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, which received Royal Assent on 20 July 2023, the Secretary of State has the power to set Minimum Service Levels (MSLs) for “relevant services” in the fields of health, transport, education, fire and rescue, border control, and nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management services. We previously wrote…
Read more13 July 2023
In a major blow to the Government, new regulations which permitted employers to use agency workers to replace those on strike, has been found to be unlawful and so has been quashed, removing it from the statute books. In the case of R (on the application of ASLEF and Ors) v the Secretary of State…
Read more27 June 2023
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Read more13 June 2023
Private Members’ Bill (“PMBs”) are public bills which aim to change the law. They are introduced by a Member of Parliament or Lord who is not a government minister. Whilst a minority of PMBs become law, by creating publicity and highlighting an issue they often can affect legislation indirectly. There are currently several PMBs at…
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