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Employment Weekly Highlights—17 July 2025

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) an independent review of the UK’s whistleblowing framework conducted by Grant Thornton UK LLP, (2) the announcement of a new fit note trial by the government, (3) consultations on proposed reforms to the senior managers and certification regime (SM&CR) from the PRA and the FCA, (4) new Presidential Guidance on open justice in the Scottish employment tribunal from the President of the Employment Tribunals in Scotland, (5) a consultation on a digital justice inclusion framework and pre-action model for courts and tribunals, (6) dates for your diary, and (7) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

Employment Tribunals online services planned upgrade closure: Thursday 31 July 20:30 - 00:30

Mark Lewis, HMCTS service manager for Employment Tribunals, has passed on the following message: Please be aware that all Employment Tribunal online services (affecting submission of ET1s, ET3s and digital applications) will be subject to a planned upgrade between 20:30 and 00:30 on Thursday 31 July 2025. The usual 'this service is temporarily unavailable' message will appear for anyone trying to submit via the digital portals during this period. Any party with a time limit expiring in this period should plan accordingly.

UK trials sick note reform to boost workforce participation

Law360: The government announced a new pilot programme on 11 July 2025 aimed at overhauling the way workers are signed off sick as part of wider efforts to support people with health conditions back into work.

Equality Network urges UN expert to review UK trans rights concerns

The Equality Network has written a letter to the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Graeme Reid, signed by 16 other LGBTI+ equality and human rights organisations, and requesting intervention on trans rights in the United Kingdom following the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland v the Scottish Ministers. Dated 14 July 2025, the letter urges Mr Reid to write to the UK Minister for Equalities regarding potential human rights violations if consultation proposals for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations are approved as statutory guidance. In addition, the Equality Network and Scottish Trans have published a report entitled ‘The Erosion of Trans Rights in the UK,’ which analyses potential human rights implications arising from the recent case.

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