This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) analysis of an EAT decision concerning Stonewall’s liability for discrimination against a gender critical barrister by her chambers, (2) an employment tribunal decision on disability discrimination for the denial of a request to rescind a resignation, (3) FAQs from the European Commission on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, (4) an EAT judgment deciding that a Scottish judge did not have part-time worker status, (5) an update to correct an omission in the statutory Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement, (6) the Code of Practice on Fair and Transparent Distribution of Tips, (7) legislation bringing into force certain provisions of the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, and the Code of Practice on tips, (8) an updated remit for the Low Pay Commission to ensure that it considers the cost of living when making recommendations on the national minimum wage (NMW), (9) Law Society recommendations for salary rates for trainees from September 2024, (10) regulations to stop the commencement of provisions of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 to allow the government to consider options, including its repeal, (11) the Bank of England and Prudential Regulation Authority 2023–24 annual report on whistleblowing disclosures, (12) a Court of Appeal decision reviewing the principles for extension of time to appeal to the EAT, (13) publication of the July 2024 edition of the Equal Treatment Bench Book, (14) amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, (15) launch by the Scottish government of the Fairer Workplaces Fund, (16) the Welsh government’s response to its consultation on modification of the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales, (17) dates for your diary, (18) updates to our legislation and consultation trackers and our horizon scanner, and (19) new Q&As.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) video analysis by Cathy Hoar and Sarah Watson of the Lexis+® UK Employment team of the new categories of irregular hours and part-year workers that are being introduced for holiday years beginning on or after 1 April 2024, (2) a consultation from the Ministry of Justice on the introduction of a £55 fee for employment tribunal claims and appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, (3) an update for professional users about the Employment Tribunal Reform project and the next steps for the MyHMCTS portal, (4) a blog post from HMCTS examining the future of remote hearings, (5) Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2024, (6) the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2024, (7) a consultation on draft legislation about calculating PAYE liabilities in cases of non-compliance for off-payroll working (IR35), (8) an employment tribunal case in which a gender-critical professor was harassed and discriminated against based on her beliefs, (9) an EAT judgment about whether a job applicant can bring a whistleblowing claim, (10) the second reading of the Whistleblowing Bill, (11) an announcement from the Public and Commercial Services Union of their intention to challenge the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, (12) updated guidance from the Financial Reporting Council on the application of the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024, (13) an analysis by James Davies of Lewis Silkin on the most effective method to develop trust in AI technology and automated decision-making, (14) a statement from the Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border including dates for Skilled Worker and family immigration changes, (15) a legal challenge to the Seasonal Worker Visa Scheme from the Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit, (16) the Home Office’s removal of the requirement for certain sponsors to renew their sponsor licences, (17) dates for your diary, (18) updates to our case, consultation and legislation trackers, as well as to our Employment horizon scanner, and (19) new Q&As.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a new Employment Rights Bill factsheet on changes to the statutory sick pay structure, (2) the EHRC interim update on the practical implications of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers Supreme Court decision, and confirmation that an updated EHRC Code of Practice is expected in summer, (3) analysis by Annie Davis of Old Square Chambers of Court of Appeal guidance on Article 14 ECHR challenges to employment legislation, (4) examination by the EAT of the benchmark for costs orders in discrimination claims, (5) an EAT judgment addressing the question of relevance when determining applications for information and disclosure of documents, (6) an EAT decision that acquiescence over businesses getting struck-off can be unreasonable conduct for the purposes of a costs order, (7) our new Practice Note on employers’ obligations to manage workplace temperature, (8) dates for your diary, and (9) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a statement from the Chair of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), Caspar Glyn KC and Olivia Dobbie, Management Committee Member of ELA, and Diversity Lead on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in Great Britain, highlighting the risks of following the recent US DEI ‘roll back’ position, (2) new HMRC guidance for umbrella companies, (3) government guidance on statutory neonatal care leave and pay, and related forms, (4) a Court of Appeal decision holding that the exclusion of job applicants from protection from whistleblowing detriment under the Employment Rights Act 1996 is compatible with rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, (5) analysis by Dr Angelika Hellweger of Rahman Ravelli of the UK’s current approach to modern slavery, (6) employment tribunal quarterly statistics indicating that more employees are bringing claims in the tribunal compared to the same period a year ago, (7) dates for your diary, and (8) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) the latest tabled amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, including a significant shift to the fire and rehire provisions, new provisions extending statutory parental bereavement leave for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks, and rendering void confidentiality clauses/NDAs that attempt to prevent a worker from making allegations or disclosures about harassment or discrimination in the workplace, (2) the Court of Appeal judgment in Lutz, upholding the EAT decision that a contracted pilot in a tripartite agency relationship was a worker, (3) the granting by the EAT of permanent anonymity in both ET and EAT proceedings, in accordance with the requirements of section 1 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992, (4) the August 2025 edition of the Industrial Relations Law Reports (IRLR), (5) dates for your diary, and (6) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This week’s edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) the Employment Rights Bill 2024 and the government’s ‘next steps’, including commentary from Adam Turner, Partner at Mishcon de Reya, Blair Adams, Partner at Hill Dickinson, Sarah Taylor, Senior Knowledge Lawyer at Stevens & Bolton, Tessa Cranfield, Partner at King & Spalding LLP and Catriona Aldridge, Partner at CMS LLP, (2) Acas guidance on tips and service charges, (3) the Investment Association’s updated executive pay guidelines, (4) analysis from David Smith (partner) and Melissa Beer (knowledge lawyer) at DLA Piper UK LLP of the Supreme Court decision on the status of part-time football referees for tax purposes, (5) a new data protection audit framework from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), (6) a European Commission report on the functioning of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, (7) European Data Protection Board adoption of guidelines on EU GDPR personal data processing, (8) an opinion on controllers’ obligations when relying on processors, and a statement on proposed amendments to enforcement of EU GDPR, (9) a joint letter from the Secretaries of State for Trade & Business and for Work & Pensions to the TUC General Secretary communicating the government’s withdrawal of the previous government’s statement to the ICJ on the right to strike under ILO Convention 87, (10) an article discussing how the failure to prevent fraud offence, expected to come into force in 2025, could fuel prosecution of individuals, (11) an EAT decision finding that a tribunal had erred in its approach to strike out and deposit orders, (12) our updated materials taking account of the updated Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and Acas guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work, (13) dates for your diary, (14) new Q&As, and (15) updates to our case and consultation trackers and horizon scanner.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) Regulations bringing into force section 152 and Schedule 12 to the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025), extending employment tribunal time limits from three months to six months, (2) a new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, including extending work rights for Skilled Worker visa holders recognised as victims of modern slavery, (3) the government’s latest ‘naming and shaming’ of employers who have failed to pay the national minimum wage, (4) a significant EAT decision on the material factor defence in equal pay claims, (5) a Court of Appeal ruling that TUPE does not transfer employer’s vicarious liability to third-party claimants, (6) a consultation on modernising UK corporate reporting, including remuneration reporting, (7) entry details for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2027, (8) what’s coming up in the employment law world in the next few weeks, and (9) other news and resources of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) updated toolkits on pregnancy and maternity discrimination published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, (2) a new HMRC employer bulletin, (3) advance notice that the employment tribunals online services will be unavailable from 20:30 on Thursday 18th April until 08:00 on Friday 19th April, (4) updates to the Workers and Temporary Workers Sponsor Guidance, (5) the IRLR Highlights for May 2024, (6) dates for your diary, (7) updates to our case tracker and horizon scanner, and (8) new Q&As.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a Supreme Court decision on vicarious liability of the Crown in relation to the actions of Scottish sheriffs, (2) an EAT ruling on the treatment of recruitment costs when determining unfavourable treatment in an age discrimination claim, (3) an employment tribunal decision that an employer harassed a gender critical employee in its handling of an argument over access to female changing facilities and a second tribunal case that allowing use of female toilets by transgender women was not discriminatory or harassment, (4) new client guides on bringing and defending employment tribunal claims, disclosure, giving evidence, and unfair and wrongful dismissal, (5) the January 2026 edition of the Industrial Relations Law Reports (IRLR), (6) dates for your diary, and (7) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a speech from the Deputy President of the Supreme Court on the law and artificial intelligence, (2) a video looking ahead to the employment legislation due to come into force in the first half of 2024, (3) analysis by Paul Donnelly, Samara Hussain and Dalbinda Gill of DWF Law LLP of a High Court judgment on vicarious liability relating to sexual assaults by a vicar, (4) new guidance from the government on holiday pay and entitlement, (5) analysis of the Court of Appeal decision that a one-off payment paid in recognition of changes to a pension scheme is subject to income tax and national insurance contributions, (6) an EAT judgment relating to written grievances, Acas uplift and contractual terms limiting loss, (7) a decision from the Inner House of the Court of Session on whether future unknown claims under the Equality Act 2010 can be waived in a settlement agreement, (8) guidance from the Law Society on a new video hearings service, (9) an announcement that the new Skilled Worker threshold will not apply to extensions or settlement, (10) amendment legislation in relation to the carrying forward, and calculation, of paid holiday in Northern Ireland, (11) dates for your diary, and (12) updates to our case, legislation and consultation trackers, as well as to our Employment horizon scanner.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a review of what to expect from the new Labour government on employment law, (2) an EAT judgment looking at Coronavirus and Shimizu carry-over claims, (3) the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024, (4) analysis of the proposed changes by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to its technical guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work, (5) analysis by Elizabeth Ovey at Radcliffe Chambers of an EAT decision about whether fee-paid judges had been treated less favourably in terms of their access to a judicial pension scheme, (6) an EAT judgment about a claim of indirect discrimination concerning the employer’s use of text with small font size, (7) the Co-op’s first pay gap report based on socioeconomic background, (8) an EAT judgment about changes to HSBC’s European Works Council following Brexit, (9) the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024, (10) an update that the Solicitors Regulation Authority has removed the updated guidance on non-disclosure agreements, which we previously reported, and reinstated the previous version, (11) the response of the Senior President of Tribunals to the consultation on panel composition in employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) and a draft Practice Direction, (12) an EAT judgment about an unless order that wrongly required the claimant to pay an outstanding costs order, (13) a response by the Senior President of Tribunals to the consultation on panel composition in the Employment Tribunals and EAT, accompanied by a draft of the Practice Direction, (14) a Supreme Court judgment about the status of accrued EU law rights (15) the employment priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, (16) the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, (17) updates to our consultation and legislation trackers and our horizon scanner, and (18) new Q&As.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a consultation on extending seafarer pay and working condition protections on UK to France and Channel Islands routes, (2) a First-tier Tax Tribunal decision that umbrella workers’ fixed-period assignments were separate employments, denying travel expense deductions, (3) a consultation seeking views on employment rights for unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children, (4) Acas guidance for employers on managing workplace issues during the 2026 World Cup, (5) an analysis of the new guidance on remote participation in employment tribunals and the EAT, (6) dates for your diary, and (7) other updates and resources of interest to employment practitioners.