October 2026 brought longer tribunal time limits, a stronger harassment duty, new trade union rights and a fresh Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. The months ahead are just as significant.
Since October 2024, employers have had a positive duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers. From 30 October 2026, the Employment Rights Act 2025 raises that standard.
Employers often reach for a settlement agreement as a default response to any difficult employment situation. In many cases that is the right decision.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 known as TUPE remain one of the most misunderstood and most frequently misapplied areas of UK
The construction sector faces employment law and immigration challenges that are distinctive to the industry.
From 1 January 2027, the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims in the UK will reduce from two years to six months. This means that employees hired from July 2026 onwards will acquire unfair dismissal protection after only six months’ service.
Redundancy law in the UK is in the middle of a period of significant change. The April 2026 increase in the protective award, the rise in the unfair dismissal compensatory award cap, and the upcoming changes to collective redundancy rules in 2027 all create a landscape where the financial and legal risk of getting a redundancy exercise wrong has never been higher.
Introduction The UK Government has launched a consultation that could significantly expand workplace rights for unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children.
Under the new UK “Day 1” SSP rules (from 6 April 2026), Statutory Sick Pay is payable from the first qualifying day of sickness absence rather than after 3 waiting days. For an employee working: 37.5 hours per week £15 per hour roughly £27,000 per year their average weekly earnings are about: £27,000 ÷ 52 […]
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently considered important issues concerning disability discrimination, workplace drug testing and prescribed medical cannabis
