On 3rd February 2026, the Government published an update to its implementation timeline for reforms under the Employment Rights Act 2025, revising the Employment Rights Bill roadmap published in July 2025. This update has provided specific dates...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld the fair dismissal of a Claimant employed by Salvation Army Trading. The Claimant, employed since 2016, had faced ongoing criticism for his poor attitude, lack of teamwork, rudeness to customers, and...
Yesterday, two days before their 100-day deadline, the new Labour government published their Employment Rights Bill. The Bill is intended to strengthen and reform workers’ rights across the UK, providing the biggest overhaul of employment rights...
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...
A Scottish Employment Tribunal has found that the MoD’s failure to allow army reservists to join the same pension scheme as full-time regular soldiers was contrary to the Part Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations...
Sexual harassment in the workplace continues to be very topical, with changes in the law and applicable guidance focussed upon preventing sexual harassment from occurring, rather than simply reacting after it has happened. On Tuesday 6 August...
