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Numerous amendments have been suggested to the UK Employment Rights Bill as it has been debated in the House of Commons. We outline the measures that are supported by the Government and some...

From 6 April 2024, unpaid carers have a new right to a week of flexible unpaid leave each year to care for a dependent with a long-term care need.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal in Carnival PLC v Hunter clarified that the requirement to offer a suitable alternative vacancy during maternity leave does not override a fair redundancy process. Employers must follow the selection process and offer any remaining suitable vacancies if available.

A survey conducted last year found that 58 percent of British workers would be prepared to take confidential business data from their employers if they were made redundant

As businesses navigate technological advances and significant employment law reforms, workforce planning has become critical to success. But what happens when organisations fail to forecast future skills needs, and how can the legal risks of poor planning be minimised in an evolving regulatory landscape?

This will not be the case for all visa holders and the impact that redundancy will have, will depend on the type of visa that the employee holds.

The Supreme Court has provided welcome clarity for insolvency practitioners in confirming that administrators of a company appointed pursuant to the Insolvency Act 1986 ("IA 1986")

P&O Ferries can't shake the press coverage of their decision to make 800 redundancies without undertaking any consultation.

In the last of our articles looking ahead at employment law in 2012, we focus on some of the employment changes which are still in the pipeline or under consultation; however, at this stage we have no concrete implementation dates.

P&O Ferries is facing widespread criticism after its decision to terminate the contracts of 800 members of staff with immediate effect over a Teams video call on 17 March 2022.

This April sees a raft of employment law changes coming into force, requiring employers to update staff policies and ensure that managers are briefed.

If employers are proposing to make more than 20 people from a single establishment redundant within a 90-day period, they have to go through onerous collective consultation procedures.

The UK legislation says that employers must consult employee representatives if they are proposing to dismiss as redundant 20 or more employees at one establishment within a period of 90 days or less.

On 16 October 2018 the Minister for Implementation officially opened a new inter-departmental government hub in Canary Wharf.

The Job Retention Scheme guidance has been updated for the third time since it was announced on 20 March 2020. This update provides a summary of the key new information for employers in the revised guidance...

The Gallagher v. McKinnon case reaffirms the protections of "protected conversations" in employment disputes, emphasizing limits on improper behavior while clarifying permissible employer practices under the Acas Code.

The Government is expected to consult on the above measures over the next few months.