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Mr Sethi is a Sikh who adheres strictly to Kesh, which is the requirement that the hair of the body not be cut. Because of his belief in Kesh, Mr Sethi never cuts his beard.

Imagine walking into work one morning, knowing that speaking up about what you saw yesterday could cost you your job – or it could save lives. This is a choice many employees face...

On 12 October 2026, the UK Government Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (working with the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") and the Home Office) published a consultation...

A recent Employment Tribunal decision highlights the risks for employers who pay sponsored overseas workers more than UK-based colleagues doing the same work. The case demonstrates that immigration compliance alone may not justify pay disparities, and employers must be prepared to evidence their rationale and consider less discriminatory alternatives.

October 2026 will mark a fundamental shift in UK workplace harassment law, significantly raising the stakes for employers and reinforcing a broader move away from reactive complaint handling towards proactive prevention, governance...

It has been a longstanding requirement that, save for in limited circumstances, prospective Employment Tribunal (ET) claimants must obtain an ACAS early conciliation (EC)...

Employees who are dismissed because of their trade union membership or activities and/or because they have blown the whistle are able to claim that they have been automatically unfairly dismissed

The Labour Manifesto contains some genuinely radical proposals on employment rights. Key proposals include a 32 hour working week within 10 years

Whistleblowing has been brought sharply into focus in light of the press reports on the actions of the management of the hospital the Countess of Chester related to the case of Lucy Letby...

I wholeheartedly welcome the recent announcement by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regarding its commitment to increase its support for whistleblowers.

The Government have said that later this summer it will become lawful for a business to negotiate with an employee regarding the termination of that person's employment without the employee being able to use those negotiations in a claim in the Employment Tribunal.

In recent years, internal investigations into employee complaints and employee conduct have been on the rise across a variety of industry sectors.

In the recent case of Alcedo Orange Limited v Ferridge-Gunn the Employment Appeal Tribunal underlined the importance of scrutinising dismissal decisions in discrimination claims.

In this article we make the case for a unified technology platform that is integrated and capable of operating across...

More and more companies are seeing the value of a whistleblowing hotline. And that's great, because it means that accountability, and a desire to present transparency to the public, is becoming increasingly desirable.

The FCA has announced that from 2018 it intends to apply the recently introduced senior managers and certification regime to investment firms and asset managers.

Dismissing a worker because they've blown the whistle can lead to a finding of automatic unfair dismissal.