House of Lords amendment to proposed day-one unfair dismissal rights
One of the government’s flagship changes in the Employment Rights Bill - due to take effect in 2027 - promises day-one protection against unfair dismissal. It was a key part
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Key Government Amendments to the Employment Rights Bill
A flurry of government-backed amendments to the Employment Rights Bill was published overnight - some of which were not previously on the radar.
Here’s a first look at the five biggest
Implementing the Employment Rights Bill: 2025–2027 Employment Law Roadmap
The Government has today published “Implementing the Employment Rights Bill: our roadmap for delivering change”, giving us a greater degree of clarity on when the various wide-ranging changes to the
Supreme Court rules that sex in Equality Act 2010 means biological sex – a ‘woman’ does not include a trans woman with a gender recognition certificate
The Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers yesterday. The Supreme Court was asked to decide whether a trans woman with
New Statutory Rates for 2025/2026
The statutory rates of pay applicable to the various different types of family leave which can be taken, the amount payable as statutory sick pay and certain limits on other
Fair Work Agency
When Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay included a pledge to create a single enforcement body for employment rights it constituted one of the party’s less eye-catching proposals for reform.
The Latest Employment Rights Bill Consultation Responses
Earlier this week the Government published its responses to its consultations on various aspects of the Employment Rights Bill:
on strengthening remedies against abuse of rules on collective redundancy and fire and
No Legal Right to Disconnect: Government U-Turn on Work-Life Balance Plan
Reports suggest ministers are set to scrap plans for a legal right to ‘switch off’ outside work hours.
The proposal, a key element of Sir Keir Starmer’s “New Deal for Working
Unlawful deductions from wages – no longer a limited risk?
Hidden within the Watford employment tribunal’s judgment in last month’s employment status case of Afshar and others v Addison Lee was an interesting – and, for employers, worrying – conclusion
Definitely Maybe: UK Employment Law Changes in 2025
Oasis re-forming was one of the key ‘will they; won’t they’ stories of 2024. A clear case of ‘definitely maybe’ was resolved with the announcement of a raft of gigs
Zero-hours Workers – guaranteed hours and other measures
This part of the Employment Rights Bill is a minefield. The government’s aim is to create some kind of certainty and stability for zero-hours workers, and to prevent exploitative contracts.
Employment Rights Bill: Spotlight on fire and rehire
The Employment Rights Bill, published on 10th October, introduces significant changes across a wide-range of employment practices. In this week’s blog, we explore the Bill’s proposals for fire and rehire