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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 more24 February 2025
The Right Honourable Liz Saville Roberts of Plaid Cymru believes that harassment in the workplace should be deemed a breach and has proposed a private members bill to amend the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to impose further requirements on employers to take proactive steps to prevent violence and harassment in the…
Read more24 January 2025
Many commentators have focused on extensive proposals to improve employee rights within The Employment Rights Bill (the Bill). However, tucked away in the Bill are a number of proposals that may not be as publicly provocative but nevertheless are going to have an impact on public sector employers. Currently, the TUPE regulations act to “lift…
Read more6 January 2025
Under section 47(B) Employment Rights Act, workers have legal protection from being subject to a detriment or dismissed because they have made specific disclosures of wrongdoing (whistleblowers) Until this case, the term ‘worker’ included all individuals paid for their service to the organisation but excluded volunteers and self-employed contractors. Case background During his time as…
Read more18 July 2024
The King’s Speech on Wednesday, 17 July, launched the plans for the new Labour Government. Whilst there is quite a lot of information to unpack in the government’s plans, David Leach lifts the lid on what to expect from an employment law perspective. Labour set out their proposals in their election manifesto, so a number…
Read more5 July 2024
With the rules on Flexible Working having changed on 6 April 2024, the remote vs office-based working debate, which has been the subject of several workplace disputes and tribunal claims since the Covid-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating. It is therefore important that employers are familiar with the changes that have come into force…
Read more29 January 2024
In what continues to be a “new year, new employment rights” theme, the government has published another set of regulations that will impact employers. The Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 amends the rights for paternity leave for employees expecting babies born (or placed for adoption) on or after 6 April 2024. The current position is…
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