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21-09-2026 12:45:10 in General by Admin
Section 152 and Schedule 12 of the Employment Rights Act 2025 will increase the primary time limit for bringing most types of employment tribunal claims from three months to six months, effective from 1 October. The extension applies to the majority of employment tribunal claims, although certain claims including breach of contract, part-time worker claims and fixed-term employee claims we...
21-09-2026 12:44:07 in General by Admin
On 8 July 2026, the government published a consultation seeking views on proposals to support the fair, transparent and responsible use of workplace monitoring technologies. Workplace monitoring technologies are tools used by employers to collect, track, analyse or make decisions based on information about workers and their activities, and may incorporate automated decision-making and algo...
21-09-2026 12:42:46 in General by Admin
From 1 January 2027, the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims will reduce from two years to six months, and the statutory cap on compensatory awards will be completely removed. This represents a major shift that will significantly expand employee protections and increase potential employer liability.
The six-month qualifying period will apply to any case where the effecti...
21-09-2026 12:40:05 in General by Admin
Since 6 April 2026, significant changes to statutory sick pay have taken effect, removing barriers that previously prevented many low-paid workers from accessing SSP. Employers now face increased SSP liability from the first day of sickness absence.
The three-day waiting period has been abolished, meaning SSP is now payable from day one of sickness absence. Additionally, the lower...
13-09-2025 10:12:39 in General by Admin
The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) is nearing its final parliamentary stages. At Report Stage, the House of Lords unexpectedly passed significant non-government amendments. In particular, these included:
• Retention of a six-month qualifying period of service for unfair dismissal.
• A change to the proposed duty for employers to offer a guaranteed hours contract to make it a righ...
13-09-2025 10:10:48 in General by Admin
In BCA Logistics Ltd v Parker [2025] EAT 94, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a tribunal decision that hundreds of drivers for a vehicle delivery and inspection company were workers. The substitution clause in their contracts was not genuine, because not only was it never used, but nobody seriously expected it to be used.
The significance of substitution clauses in contracts ...
13-09-2025 10:07:59 in General by Admin
In Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Taylors Services Ltd (dissolved) [2025] EWCA Civ 956, the Court of Appeal held that an employment tribunal had erred when holding that time spent by poultry workers travelling from their homes to different farms across the country was "time work" for the purposes of regulation 30 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/621).
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07-09-2024 09:40:16 in General by Admin
The government has confirmed its plans to bring the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 into force on 26 October 2024, introducing a duty for employers to take "reasonable steps" to prevent sexual harassment of employees.
The Act, which received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, will require employers to take "reasonable steps" to protect employees from sexual harassment in...
07-09-2024 09:38:44 in General by Admin
In Little and another v Olympian Homes Ltd [2024] EWHC 1766 (Ch), the High Court has held that consideration is not an essential component of a contractual waiver.
The applicants succeeded in establishing that there was a genuine triable issue that interest on the debt had been waived by “estoppel”. There was a "clear and unequivocal" statement in an email that the applicants had been...
07-09-2024 09:37:14 in General by Admin
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has updated its guidance on adverts, to help support those placing adverts to ensure they are lawful and do not discriminate. The updated guidance provides clarity around "occupational requirements" under the Equality Act 2010, noting that occupational requirement exceptions are sometimes incorrectly applied, particularly where the protected charact...
09-09-2023 08:46:56 in General by Admin
On 20 July 2023, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill received Royal Assent. When section 1 of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 comes into force, it will vary the Flexible Working Request procedure so that: • When making a request, an employee will no longer have to explain what effect, if any, the employee thinks their requested change would have on t...
09-09-2023 08:44:59 in General by Admin
In the case of Ponticelli UK Ltd v Gallagher [2023] CSIH 32 (15 August 2023) the Inner House of the Court of Session has upheld the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision that an employee’s right to participate in a share incentive plan arose “in connection with” their contract of employment for the purposes of the TUPE Regulations and that the employee was entitled ...
09-09-2023 08:42:25 in General by Admin
On 31 August 2023 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published detailed guidance on processing workers’ health data to help employers comply with their obligations under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Health data is categorised as special category personal data and is granted enhanced protection.
The first part of the guidance explains how the U...
09-09-2023 08:38:17 in General by Admin
In the case of AECOM Ltd v Mallon [2023] EAT 104 (10 August 2023) the Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a tribunal's finding that an employer was under a duty to make reasonable adjustments when its requirement for job applicants to create an online profile and complete an online application form put an applicant with dyspraxia at a substantial disadvantage.
The applicant, who had ask...
13-09-2022 15:00:54 in General by Admin
In the case of Hashmi v Lorimer-Wing, the High Court came to the surprising conclusion that article 7(2) of the Model Articles of Association (which provides that a sole director may take decisions without regard to any of the provisions of the articles relating to directors’ decision-making) does not supercede any quorum requirements contained in a company’s Articles of Associ...