This week’s edition of Employment highlights includes: (1) an EAT judgment on whether a new contractor, following a TUPE 2006 service provision change, is a ‘successor’ employer for unfair dismissal re-engagement purposes, (2) two decisions from the ECJ on the circumstances in which an employer’s unilateral changes to employment terms may trigger redundancy collective consultation obligations, (3) consideration of provisions of the Data Protection Bill 2017 by Liz Fitzsimons, a partner in the privacy, cyber and information law team at Eversheds Sutherland and Hannah Crowther, an associate at Bristows LLP, (4) dates for your diary, (5) updates to our case, legislation and consultation trackers, and (6) recently added Q&As.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a report from the Home Office on its crackdown on illegal working, (2) the revised advisory fuel rates for company cars which apply from 1 September 2024, (3) an Upper-tier Tribunal decision that travel expenses reimbursed by umbrella company to workers were taxable, (4) a successful equal pay claim brought in the employment tribunal against Next, (5) an EAT judgment that judicial proceedings immunity prevented a claim that maliciously brought arbitration proceedings in Singapore amounted to a whistleblowing detriment, (6) an employment tribunal decision applying the Supreme Court’s decision in Mercer and striking out claims that the employer subjected striking workers to detriments, (7) our new Practice Note on requesting predictable terms and conditions of employment, (8) our new Labour Government workplace reforms—tracker, (9) dates for your diary, and (10) new Q&As.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) increased compensation limits for employment tribunal claims applying from 6 April 2024, (2) a joint statement signed by 48 organisations calling on the government to urgently reconsider its plans to reintroduce employment tribunal fees, (3) analysis of an EAT judgment that recording the employment tribunal hearing was a reasonable adjustment for a disabled claimant, (4) the rejection of the adoption of the latest compromise text on the Platform Work Directive, (5) revised advisory fuel rates for company cars which apply from 1 March 2024, (6) a report from the Department for Work and Pensions into how workplaces can support autistic people, (8) new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on menopause in the workplace, (9) an EAT judgment on the approach to be taken to comparators in race discrimination claims, (10) guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office on biometric recognition and details of an order made against Serco Leisure to stop using facial recognition technology and fingerprints scanning to monitor employees, (11) the final Code of Practice on picketing, (12) analysis of a High Court decision awarding damages in a breach of confidence and passing off claim against ex-employee, (13) the FRC intention to review the Stewardship Code, (14) the Legal Services Board report on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), (15) an EAT judgment on the band of reasonable responses in an unfair dismissal case, (16) a rapid review of the Immigration Salary List by the Migration Advisory Committee, (17) dates for your diary, (18) updates to our 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) an Employment Appeal Tribunal decision on the effect of a pre-existing contractual variation provision on indirect race discrimination claims following a TUPE transfer, (2) a Court of Appeal decision confirming that public sector commissioning and purchasing does not constitute ‘economic activity’ for the purposes of TUPE 2006, (3) an EAT decision on Polkey reductions and predicting an employer’s actions, (4) an EAT decision on whether personal injury claims arising from employment are subject to state immunity, (5) a Court of Appeal decision on the types of errors and omissions which warrant an extension of time, (6) an updated Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) tracker detailing progress and upcoming implementation for ERA 2025, (7) dates for your diary and (8) other news and resources of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) publication by the Business and Trade Committee of the government response to the BTC’s third report on the Employment Rights Bill, (2) a Scottish Employment Tribunal decision finding that exam invigilators for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) have worker status, (3) the European Council’s adoption of its position on a proposed EU Regulation to establish a single digital declaration portal for posted workers, (4) HMRC company cars advisory fuel rates taking effect from 1 June 2025, (5) the Industrial Relations Law Reports (IRLR) June 2025, (6) dates for your diary, and (7) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This week’s edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a round-up of the key employment law changes taking effect in April 2025, (2) a number of new and updated factsheets on the various rights and reforms set to be introduced under the Employment Rights Bill, (3) Home Office plans to extend the illegal working regime to gig economy and zero-hours workers, (4) a fine issued by the Competition and Markets Authority against the BBC, ITV, IMG and Sky for colluding to fix freelancers’ pay, (5) the introduction of new national minimum wage and national living wage rates, (6) an employment tribunal decision that the manifestation of a pastoral manager’s beliefs on submissiveness in women towards their husbands justified her dismissal by the school, (7) an EAT case examining actions taken in the course of employment and the ‘employer’s defence’ under section 109(1) of the Equality Act 2010, (8) an update to the Vento guidelines for injury to feelings and psychiatric injury, (9) a Court of Appeal case on the EAT’s exercise of discretion where a party has missed a deadline despite reasonable efforts to comply with the rules, (10) dates for your diary, and (11) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) publication of a government roadmap for implementing the Employment Rights Bill, (2) the launch of a government review of parental leave and pay (including a call for evidence that closes on 26 August 2025), (3) updated right to work guidance simplifying digital checks for employers of British and Irish citizens, (4) a new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 997, (5) two High Court cases, one dealing with misuse of private information and breach of confidence in relation to an ex-employee’s mother’s contact details and the other in which the judge stated that the employment tribunal was the most appropriate forum to adjudicate legal professional privilege and iniquity, (6) publication by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of its final rules on non-financial misconduct and the launch of a consultation on potential further guidance, (7) publication of the 33rd edition of Butterworths Employment Law Handbook, edited by David Reade KC (a member of the Lexis+® UK Employment Consulting Editorial Board), Grahame Anderson and Georgina Leadbetter, all of Littleton Chambers, (8) dates for your diary, and (9) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) Regulations revoking the commencement of section 6 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, (2) the Ministry of Justice announcement that new CPR 68 will no longer take effect from 1 October 2024, (3) the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 and statutory Code of Practice in force from 1 October 2024, (4) the Department for Business and Trade non-statutory guidance for employers on distributing tips fairly, (5) an Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) consultation on its updated services, public functions and associations Code of Practice, (6) EHRC updated technical guidance on sexual harassment in the workplace and eight-step guide for employers to help them comply with the duty to prevent such harassment, (7) the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announcement of planned new policies on non-financial misconduct, (8) a successful EAT appeal against an order for ‘costs on indemnity basis’ and ‘costs of costs’ award, (9) an EAT judgment providing a helpful summary of governing law and authorities on extensions of time for lodgment of appeals, (10) analysis by Daniel Schaffer, Catrin Young and Maria Michael at Slaughter and May of a Court of Appeal decision on the meaning of occupational pension scheme for the purposes of section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, (11) a report from Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) on the UK labour migration system after the end of free movement, (12) a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule extending to 24 March 2025 the operation of provisions allowing the wider and extended use of video or audio live links by Northern Irish courts and tribunals, (13) dates for your diary, and (14) updates to our case, consultation and legislation trackers and horizon scanner.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) government guidance for employers on the appropriate use of zero-hours contracts, (2) draft Order extending the time limit for bringing employment tribunal breach of contract claims in Scotland from three to six months from 9 November 2026, (3) updated Home Office guidance for sponsors of workers and temporary workers, (4) Regulations bringing into force provisions in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 relating to regulated activity, (5) an ICO consultation on draft guidance on anonymisation, pseudonymisation and research, (6) what’s coming up in the employment law world in the next few weeks, and (7) other news and resources of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) two draft statutory instruments relating to the increase in employment tribunal time limits from three months to six months from 1 October 2026, (2) Royal Assent being given to the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026, (3) Royal Assent being given to the Pension Schemes Act 2026, including comment from Ian D’Costa, legal director at Arc Pensions Law, and Paul Carney, partner at Shoosmiths, (4) Royal Assent being given to the National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Act 2026, (5) Regulations requiring the Information Commissioner to prepare a statutory code of practice on artificial intelligence and automated decision-making under the Data Protection Act 2018, (6) updates to new and maintained content, (7) dates for your diary, and (8) other updates and resources of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) the updated Employment Rights Bill, (2) an employment tribunal decision finding that Addison Lee drivers were workers and holding that the two-year backstop on unlawful deduction claims is unlawful, (3) the Court of Appeal’s declaration that section 4(2)(a) of the State Immunity Act 1978 is incompatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, (4) regulations increasing the annual data protection fees payable to the Information Commissioner, (5) analysis by Katie Farmer of Trowers & Hamlins of an EAT decision that a claim for unpaid holiday pay vests in the claimant’s trustee in bankruptcy, and awarding ‘interest-like’ compensation for the payment delay, (6) the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary guidance on communicating with employment tribunals, (7) new Employment Tribunal Presidential Guidance on taking oral evidence from persons located abroad, (8) the IRLR Highlights for February 2025, (9) dates for your diary, and (10) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) publication of the final statutory code of practice on electronic and workplace trade union balloting, ahead of the expansion of permissible voting methods for certain statutory trade union ballots under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025), (2) a Supreme Court decision holding that a civil penalty notice issued under section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (IANA 2006) must specify which limb of IANA 2006, s 15(1) the Secretary of State considers applicable, (3) a Court of Appeal decision confirming that collective agreements can reduce permanent health insurance (PHI) benefits, (4) confirmation that a second public consultation is planned on the revised draft Code of Practice on tips, following the withdrawal of the draft Code laid before Parliament on 29 June 2026, (5) the latest Supreme Court decision on the scope of the territorial tort exception in section 5 of the State Immunity Act 1978, with commentary from Ross Beaton at Payne Hicks Beach, (6) EAT decisions on how tribunals should deal with a claimant relying on only favourable extracts from lengthy reports, on whether a COT3 settlement extinguishes a pending request for written reasons, on when an earlier tribunal decision may give rise to apparent bias requiring recusal, and confirming that employment tribunals are not generally required to consider unpleaded human rights arguments of their own motion, (7) our new Practice Note on the implications of ERA 2025 changes to unfair dismissal, and expanded employment tribunal list of issues Precedents, (8) publication of the 34th edition of Butterworths Employment Law Handbook, and (9) other updates and resources of interest to employment law practitioners.