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Employment weekly highlights—13 November 2025

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a High Court finding of criminal contempt of court against a former Commerzbank employee who fabricated ET claims for sexual harassment and racial discrimination, (2) an EAT decision that a provisional liquidator’s appointment may trigger the disapplication of TUPE transfer and automatic unfair dismissal provisions, (3) the progress of the Employment Rights Bill through Parliament (ping pong), (4) the extension of a legal agreement between the EHRC and McDonald’s in relation to sexual harassment prevention, (5) a CAC decision clarifying that defective negotiating representative election under ICER 2004 do not trigger the standard information and consultation provisions, (6) an ECtHR finding of a breach of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) in relation to requests for information from a mobile phone operator, (7) dates for your diary, and (8) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

Mcdonald’s told to do more to stop sexual harassment

Law360: The UK's equality watchdog said on 7 November 2025 it has asked McDonald's to do more to protect its staff from sexual harassment after 'serious allegations' emerged following an initial deal with the fast food giant.

TUC publishes analysis of 2025 disability pay gap data

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) analysis shows disabled workers earn £2.24 less per hour than non-disabled workers, creating a 15.5% pay gap and leaving them over £4,000 worse off annually. This disparity is even starker for disabled women, who earn 27.3% less than non-disabled men. Alongside lower pay, disabled workers face higher unemployment rates and are more likely to be in insecure jobs such as zero-hours contracts, which limit financial stability and flexibility.

Provisional liquidator’s appointment may trigger disapplication of TUPE transfer and automatic unfair dismissal provisions (Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Sahonta)

Employment analysis: The EAT has confirmed that the appointment of a provisional liquidator may trigger regulation 8(7) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006), SI 2006/246, meaning that regulations 4 and 7 governing the transfer of employment and employees and automatic unfair dismissal are disapplied.

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