This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) an ET claim over a military reservists right not to be subjected to a detriment under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, (2) the closure of the Cabinet Office consultation on reforms to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, (3) commentary from Dr Michael Foran, University of Glasgow, and Joanne Moseley, Irwin Mitchell LLP on the Supreme Court decision that the words ‘sex’, ‘woman’ and ‘man’ under the Equality Act 2010 mean biological sex, biological woman and biological man, (4) an analysis of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance on anonymisation and pseudonymisation by Alex Jameson and Steph Ong of Bird & Bird, (5) the temporary closure of the Manchester ET office at Alexandra House, (6) the publication of the Practice Directions on the presentation of claims, responses and statutory appeals which take effect from 21 May 2025, (7) updated guidance from the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary on the use of artificial intelligence (AI), (8) the IRLR highlights for May 2025, (9) dates for your diary, and (10) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This week’s edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a Private Members’ Bill transferring the functions of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to the Secretary of State, ahead of its replacement by Skills England, (2) an analysis of the key changes to the Investment Associations updated Principles of Remuneration, (3) the government response to the consultation on seafarers’ wage regulations and guidance, together with the finalised Seafarer’s Wages Regulations 2024 and further regulations bringing the remaining provisions of the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 into force, (4) the new Office for Equality and Opportunity which replaces the Equality Hub, (5) a Private Members’ Bill that would amend the definition of still-birth to apply from 20 weeks into a pregnancy, (6) confirmation that HMRC will administer the new statutory neonatal care pay from April 2025, (7) the adoption of the Platform Work Directive by the Council of the EU, (8) the latest data from the Home Office register of licenced sponsors list, (9) the IRLR Highlights for November 2024, (10) dates for your diary, (11) new Q&As, and (12) updates to our consultation and legislation trackers and horizon scanner.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) the government’s response to the Make Work Pay flexible working consultation, (2) the creation of a new Class Unit to replace the Social Mobility Commission, and planned commencement of the socio-economic duty, (3) revised draft right to work checks guidance, (4) regulations relating to the replacement of the Information Commissioner with the Information Commission, (5) the latest employment tribunal and EAT statistics, (6) an EAT decision clarifying when reasonable adjustments cannot prevent strike out, (7) publication of the October 2026 edition of the Industrial Relations Law Reports (IRLR), (8) what’s coming up in the employment law world in the next few weeks, and (9) other updates and resources of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) the Supreme Court’s ruling on the protection of striking workers with comments from David Reade KC, Nick Chronias and Stuart Brittenden KC on the implications of the decision, (2) an EAT decision on issues of international jurisdiction relating to a claim brought against a US company and US individuals, (3) analysis of an Upper Tribunal case on the IR35 employment intermediaries legislation (4) an EAT judgment raising questions about the impact of Geys on Hogg v Dover dismissal, (5) a statement from the Department for Business and Trade on the government’s decision not to introduce specific provision for domestic abuse statutory leave, (6) an EAT decision on whether a writer was an employee for the purposes of bringing a discrimination claim, (7) updated guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office on special category data, (8) an EAT judgment looking at case management orders in a multi-claimant equal pay claim, (9) planned downtime to online services for employment tribunals, (10) dates for your diary, (11) updates to our case tracker, and (12) a new Q&A.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) the Employment Rights Act 2025, which received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, (2) an EAT decision confirming that an employee cannot claim an unfair dismissal basic award from the National Insurance Fund without an employment tribunal judgment, (3) the ICO updating its guidance on subject access requests (SARs) and publishing a new SAR template, (4) publication by the FCA of a policy statement on tackling non‑financial misconduct in financial services, (5) regulations in force on 12 December 2025 adding disclosures to the CICA to the list of permitted disclosures under the VPA 2024, (6) dates for your diary, and (7) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a revised Code of Practice from Acas on requests for flexible working, (2) draft regulations re-rating National Insurance contributions limits and thresholds plus extending veterans relief for a further year, (3) a summary by the Treasury Committee of a ‘Sexism in the City’ engagement event, (4) draft regulations amending existing paternity leave provisions, (5) a draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order amending the rates of Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay, Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Maternity Allowance, (6) a revised draft Code of Practice on picketing, (7) analysis of the Inner House Court of Session decision that future claims can be included in settlement agreements, (8) updated guidance from HM Courts & Tribunals Service on the Cloud Video Platform, (9) a report on a slip in the timing of some immigration legislation including for maximum penalties relating to the right to work, (10) dates for your diary, (11) updates to our legislation and consultation trackers, as well as to our Employment horizon scanner, and (12) a new Q&A.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) comments on the employment law implications of the King’s Speech 2024 by David Reade KC of Littleton Chambers, Catriona Aldridge at CMS, Crowley Woodford at Ashurst, Kerry Garcia and Sarah Taylor at Stevens & Bolton LLP, Gareth Wadley at Bristows, and Shona Newmark and Domonic Lyons at Jones Chase, (2) the implications of the King’s Speech 2024 for Pensions and Immigration, and general key themes and proposals, (3) publication of the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), (4) analysis of an EAT judgment on the causation test in part-time worker claims, (5) a consultation on the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRCs) Strategic Plan for 2025–2028, (6) updated guidance from the EHRC on discriminatory adverts, (7) a decision from the CJEU on collective redundancy consultation on the retirement of an employer, (8) an EAT judgment on the fairness of dismissals arising when care workers would not comply with their employer’s Coronavirus vaccine policy, (9) an EAT decision about the necessary findings about an employer’s search for alternative employment, (10) an update to HMCTS Cloud Video Platform and the Video Hearings Service, (11) a report by the European Banking Authority on the application of gender-neutral remuneration policies by institutions and investment firms, (12) the Migration Advisory Committee review of the seasonal worker visa, (13) our new Practice Note on sexual harassment and the duty to prevent it, (14) the IRLR Highlights for August 2024, (15) dates for your diary, (16) updates to our case, legislation and consultation trackers and to our horizon scanner, and (17) a new Q&A.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) an EAT decision upholding the employment tribunal’s decision to award uncapped compensation where constructive dismissal flowed from act of indirect discrimination, (2) an EAT decision confirming that the circumstances surrounding alleged misconduct, including duress, must be considered when assessing repudiatory breach, (3) a DBT consultation on reforming the statutory right to time off for public duties, (4) updated guidance on the removal of the regulated activity supervision exemption for DBS checks, (5) Ministry of Justice employment tribunal statistics showing a continuing rise in the tribunal backlog, (6) new FWA and DBT guidance on enforcement of unpaid tribunal awards and COT3 settlements, (7) a News Analysis, produced in partnership with Dora-Olivia Vicol at Work Rights Centre, on uncertainty facing care workers under the Health and Care Worker visa route, (8) a DWP call for evidence on the alternative automatic enrolment quality requirements for defined benefit, hybrid and collective defined contribution pension schemes, (9) an EC consultation on EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive guidelines, (10) publication of the July 2026 edition of IRLR, (11) dates for your diary, and (12) other updates and resources of interest to employment practitioners.

This week’s edition of Employment highlights includes: (1) analysis by Daphne Romney QC of the Supreme Court’s decision in Lee v Ashers Baking Company concerning the bakers who refused to make a cake with an iced message in support of gay marriage, (2) the government’s introduction of a series of measures to tackle ethnic disparities in the workplace including a Race at Work Charter and publication of the Race at Work 2018 scorecard report, (3) consideration of an EAT decision relating to the approach that should be taken to time limits for a cross-appeal in the EAT, (4) a High Court decision relating to the terms of settlement in respect of a claim for unvested stock and deferred cash awards, (5) the launch of a government consultation on ethnicity pay reporting, (6) a Court of Appeal judgment on an employer’s vicarious liability for an assault by its managing director which took place at a drinking session after a works Christmas party, (7) an EAT judgment concerning the dismissal of a military reservist who had committed to a non-mandatory seven-week military training exercise abroad, (8) publication by the government of the fourth tranche of technical notices designed to inform individuals, businesses and public bodies in the UK of the implications of a no-deal Brexit, (9) a consultation published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on draft guidance on statements of responsibilities and responsibilities maps for FCA firms under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, (10) dates for your diary, (11) updates to our case and consultation trackers, (12) the latest Q&As, and (13) publication of the IRLR Highlights for November 2018.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) rejection of the House of Lords amendments to the ERB by the House of Commons, (2) confirmation from the CJEU on the applicability of associative discrimination in indirect disability discrimination claims, (3) analysis of a Court of Appeal decision that state immunity did not apply to an Embassy employee’s tribunal claims, (4) an EAT case on costs awards for unreasonable conduct, (5) the October 2025 edition of the Industrial Relations Law Reports (IRLR), (6) dates for your diary, (7) a new Q&A, and (8) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a round-up of the key employment law developments in 2024 and what to look out for in 2025, (2) a joint letter from the Presidents of the Employment Tribunals for England & Wales and Scotland on how to approach existing Practice Directions and Presidential Guidance in light of the new procedure rules, (3) two Court of Appeal decisions on the extension of employment tribunal time limits, (4) an EAT decision examining the interplay between regulations 4(7), 4(8) and 4(9) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006), (5) a Court of Appeal ruling that claims that migrant workers were abused in Dyson’s Malaysian factories should be heard in Britain, (6) the IRLR Highlights for January 2025, (7) dates for your diary, and (8) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) analysis by Elizabeth Ovey of Radcliffe Chambers of a recent EAT decision confirming that part-time army reservists may qualify as ‘workers’ for the purposes of the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, (2) a Court of Appeal decision confirming when policy documents are deemed to be incorporated into employment contracts, (3) an EAT decision on the requirement to analyse the difference between treatment because of a protected belief and treatment because of the effects of the manifestation of that belief, (4) a High Court judicial review decision dismissing challenges to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) interim guidance on single-sex facilities, (5) a tribunal decision on whether the exclusion of trustees from whistleblowing protections breaches the ECHR, (6) an EAT unfair dismissal decision due to serious defects in the internal appeal process despite the dismissal decision falling within the range of reasonable responses, (7) updates to various Practice Notes to reflect ERA 2025 changes from 18 February 2026, (8) dates for your diary, and (9) other news, trackers and resources of interest to employment practitioners.