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The government has launched a new consultation on plans to extend the redundancy protection for pregnant women and new mothers, so that it continues for six months after parents return to work from maternity and other extended family leave.

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This month's employment law briefing examines critical developments affecting HR teams and in-house counsel, including a landmark tribunal decision on bonus scheme modifications, new zero-hours contract obligations under the Employment Rights Act, and a Victorian-era wages law being applied to group income protection benefits. The briefing also explores recent collective redundancy consultation requirements and upcoming changes to salary sacrifice pension arrangements.

The Court of Appeal recently decided that legal advice given to HR on dismissing an employee for redundancy was not a "cloak" for a discriminatory dismissal

Many food and drink manufacturers have made use of the lifeline provided by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

Today, it’s vital to take account of the laws on informing and consulting on collective redundancies, and the need to remove or justify any age discriminatory features of redundancy selection or enhanced redundancy pay.

New tax rules apply to payments in lieu of notice paid in respect of employment terminations on or after 6 April 2018.

An ACAS poll has found that 2 in 5 (41%) large businesses are likely to make redundancies in 2023 and 1 in 5 (20%) small and medium sized (SME) businesses said that were likely to do so.

The Government has published another consultation paper on the Employment Rights Act 2025 ('ERA 2025'). This time, they are seeking views on the threshold for triggering collective redundancy obligations.

Employers and HR professionals must be constantly aware that inappropriate terminology and "joke" comments directed by senior staff towards their subordinates should be swiftly dealt with when discovered.

Two new employment laws that strengthen the existing law related to pregnancy, maternity leave and other family leave have recently received Royal assent.

Ms Perkins (the Claimant) was employed as head of Enforcement Local Taxation in the Helmshore office of MH Ltd's enforcement company (the Company). The Company restructured its enforcement services so that work.

A number of provisions in the Employment Rights Act 2025 ('ERA 2025') are coming into force on 6 April 2026. We set out the key changes.

Nick looks at three cases which have nothing do to with the Government's furlough scheme. In the first the employer tried to cancel outstanding payments because the employee broke the confidentiality

There has been a lot of press coverage in relation to P & O Ferries and the alleged sacking of 800 staff without any fair process.

New rules come into force on 6 April 2024 that will significantly extend the rights of employees who are pregnant, or are returning from periods of maternity leave, adoption leave or shared parental leave.

The United Kingdom's Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling in Hendy Group Ltd v Mr D Kennedy [2024] EAT 106 acts as a clear reminder to employers of their obligations when handling redundancies.