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The House of Lords, on 16 December 2025, finally approved and decided on the definitive version of the Employment Rights Bill. This will now become the Employment Rights Act and receive Royal Assent, which is expected to take place before Christmas 2025. <p dat...
Read moreWhen health and safety is mentioned, people inevitably think that only employers and employees are affected. But have you considered the wider impact of serious health and safety incidents or fatalities? The impact is surprisingly wide. <p data-start="428" data...
Read moreAre laws changing regarding businesses having to carry out greater checks on those providing services to them via umbrella companies? One of the outcomes of the recent Autumn Budget 2025 was the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/gov...
Read moreThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual statistics for 2024/25. Although the number of fatalities was slightly lower than last year, alarmingly, mental health-related conditions dominate the report. The report serves as a reminder that workpl...
Read moreThe Government announced on 26 November 2025 that it has accepted the Low Pay Commission's recommendations for the NLW and NMW. ...
Read moreEmployers are required by law to safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of their staff. This includes both physical and mental health. Physical health concerns are usually more visible and readily detectable, whereas mental health issues are far more difficult...
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Read moreIn the case of Platukyte v Secretary of State for Justice, the Employment Tribunal has now recognised menopause as a disability. In this case, the employee worked for the Minist...
Read moreDiscover how flawed disciplinary procedures can result in unfair dismissal claims and learn what steps employers should take to ensure a fair and compliant process.
Read moreDoes sexual harassment only have to take place in the course of employment for an employer to be liable for their employee’s inappropriate behaviour? From 26 October 2024, a new statutory duty under the <em data-start="391" da...
Read moreThe Health and Safety Executive recently published statistics which indicate that falls from heights were the most common work-related accident leading to fatalities. During 2023/2024, 50 deaths were directly attributable to falls from height. Falls can occur roofs, lad...
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Read moreA recent Employment Tribunal case serves as a reminder that seemingly minor workplace issues in isolation can add up to significant legal risks if they undermine the trust between employer and employee. In Mr N Walker v Robsons (Rickmansworth) Ltd, the Tribunal upheld a claim of constructi...
Read moreUnder regulation 3(3)(a)(i) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), for TUPE to apply to a service provision change, there must be an <strong data-start="478" data-end="509...
Read moreThe Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and various Regulations made under it require employers to safeguard the health, safety, and wellbeing of their staff. Historically, the legislation and people’s general perception was that these duties applied to their physic...
Read moreEmployers should be mindful of harassment in the workplace. This can occur when an employee or worker is exposed to unwanted conduct by fellow employees or workers. The purpose of such action is to violate their dignity and create a degrading, hostile, intimidating...
Read moreEmployers should be aware of the risk of damages due to disability discrimination. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has awarded a former employee £1.2 million in damages in the case Wainwright v Cennox Plc. The action was based ...
Read moreHow thorough should a sexual harassment investigation be when an allegation of sexual harassment is made by an employee against another employee? Employers can be vicariously liable for sexual harassment committed by their emp...
Read moreA recent Court of Appeal case ruled that an employee was unlawfully discriminated against on the grounds of her race, after the employer transferred her to another job and subjected her to baseless disciplinary action – Leicester...
Read moreIn the case of BCA Logistics Ltd v Parker & Ors, the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal both held that drivers in a company with no legitimate right of substitution were not self-employed but ...
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