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Further implementation dates for the Employment Rights Act 2025 have been announced providing greater clarity on when several important workplace reforms will come into force. These changes form part of the Government’s wider programme to strengthen employee protections and enhance employer responsibilities across a range of employment matters. Some of the key changes relate to the introduction of enhanced protections against harassment. This comes by way of two changes: Emp

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is the professional body for human resources. CIPD has released a new report, alongside a series of case studies, assessing the state of flexible and hybrid working in the UK more than a year after the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 came into effect. The research captures both employer and employee perspectives, offering insight into how evolving working patterns are shaping organisational performan

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)[1] has recently published the results of a YouGov poll of 1,015 senior business decision makers, which was conducted from 24 March to 2 April 2025. The research follows the introduction of the day-one right to request flexible working, and further changes are anticipated under the pending Employment Rights Bill, which will also require employers to reject requests only on ‘reasonable’ grounds and to provide detailed ex

A coalition of academics, charities, and trade unions is now urging the government to launch a wide-ranging review of parental leave. This would include maternity, paternity, and shared leave, along with how time off and pay are structured. In an open letter addressed to Employment Minister Justin Madders (dated 2 May 2025) 15 academics and 18 organisations—co-ordinated by the charity Working Families—outlined key proposals for reform. Signatories include the TUC, Save the Ch

Over the next three weeks we will be releasing a series of articles looking at parental leave and recent calls for reform in the UK. This week we take a look at the forms of parental leave that are available to employees and how they work. Maternity leave A parent has the right to up to 52 weeks’ maternity leave if they are having a baby and are legally classed as an employee. They have this right from their first day of starting a job. By law, they must take at least 2 weeks

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) has issued new guidance on the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, also known as the Tipping Act 2023, and its accompanying Code of Practice. This law regulates how employers must handle tips, service charges, and gratuities over which they have control or significant influence. Key points include: Employers are legally required to distribute tips fairly, without deductions (apart from taxes and National Insuranc

On 26th October, the new and much-heralded legislation, creating a positive duty for employers to take steps to prevent sexual harassment, came into force. Since our last newsletter on the subject, the Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published its updated technical guidance on sexual harassment and a very helpful 8-step guide for employers (Guide). New sections 40A and 124A of the Equality Act 2010 have come into force. Employers are now under a duty to take re

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that a claimant can pursue an indirect discrimination claim even if they do not share the same protected characteristic as the disadvantaged group, provided they experience the same disadvantage. This decision arose from a case involving British Airways, where new shift patterns were introduced for cabin crew. These changes were argued to have indirectly discriminated against two groups: non-British nationals who commuted to Heat