Employment Rights Act 2025: what changes have already taken effect? The first tranche of changes under the Employment Rights Act 2025 came into effect on 18 th February. Whilst we will have to wait for April, October and, in...
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Welcome Employment Rights Act 2025 – what do employers need to be doing now to prepare for April? The first major implementation milestone for Employment Rights Act 2025 is coming on 6 th April 2025. In a piece of...
Employment Rights Act 2025: The key employment law changes employers need on their radar After months of parliamentary debate, the Employment Rights Bill has finally cleared the House of Lords and gained Royal Assent on 18 th December...
Government drops ‘day one’ unfair dismissal pledge and proposes removal of compensation cap The Government has confirmed that it is abandoning its original plan to make unfair dismissal a day-one right. Instead, ministers now intend to reduce...
Employment Rights Bill enters the ‘ping pong’ phase As we enter the winter months of 2025, many had anticipated that we would have a shiny new statute on the statute books: the Employment Rights Act 2025 . This has not...
Government makes changes to its proposed ‘ban’ on Fire and Rehire under the Employment Rights Bill The Employment Rights Bill makes major strides towards ending ‘fire and rehire’. That’s the strategy where an...
Employment Law Roadmap for implementing the Employment Rights Bill: 2025-2027 The Government has published its employment law roadmap, setting out how and when the wide-ranging reforms in the Employment Rights Bill will be introduced. While...
The Employment Rights Bill is currently going through the Report Stage in the House of Lords, one of the final stages in the legislative process. It is expected that the Bill will receive Royal Assent in Autumn 2025, a year since it was first introduced into...
Independent investigators not liable for whistleblowing dismissal When handling high-stakes disciplinary or grievance matters - particularly involving senior staff - many businesses sensibly turn to external HR consultants or investigators to...
Tribunal awards NHS worker nearly £30,000 in compensation for Darth Vader Comparison Employees and workers have legal protection against being subjected to a “detriment” on the ground that they have made a protected whistleblowing...
As an SME employer, the new Employment Rights Bill published on October 10, 2024, introduces several important changes that will impact how you manage your workforce. It will be a while before it comes into force – possibly not until October 2026....
In 2007, Tesco re-organised its warehouses resulting in mass relocations. As an alternative to potential redundancy, Tesco negotiated with USDAW (the recognised trade union) that it would give any staff, who stayed on and agreed to be relocated,...
July’s King’s Speech unveiled Labour’s legislative agenda for their early months in government. Two employment bills were announced. The Prime Minister’s accompanying briefing note provided some details,...
Employers who wish to avoid the risk of employment claims from departing employees are able to enter into a settlement agreement under which employment claims are settled. Settlement agreements must follow a certain format and the employee...
The Government has launched a consultation on plans to change the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE). The consultation runs until 11 July 2024 and can be accessed here . TUPE sets out...
In the recent case of Mercer v Alternative Fuel Group (1) Secretary of State for Business and Trade (2), the Supreme Court was asked to consider whether s146 Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA)...
The Government has announced the proposed annual increase in compensation limits for certain tribunal awards and other statutory payments. The changes, which take effect from 6 th April 2024, include: The maximum compensatory award for...
In the recent case of Miller v University of Bristol, the Claimant held anti-zionist views. He had been subject to two internal investigations after making comments about Zionism being “inherently racist, imperialist and...
The Court of Session has recently handed down its judgment in the case of Bathgate v Technip Singapore PTE Ltd which concerned whether a settlement agreement could be used to settle future unknown claims. The Claimant was made...
The importance of early consultation with the workforce in redundancy situations A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision reminds employers that it is crucially important that redundancy proposals are shared with the workforce at a formative...
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