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The UK Government published its Employment Rights Bill (the "Bill") within its 100-day deadline on October 10, 2024, announcing that it had unveiled significant reforms to employment rights.

On 23 April 2018, the European Commission – Directorate General of Justice and Consumers (the "Commission") proposed a Directive on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of EU law ...

Both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 employment law developments have continued apace in September and October. Here we provide a round-up of developments employers need to know with a dozen of our top picks...

The whistleblowing system or process is designed to help employees, volunteers, and others, to report wrongdoing, illegal or unethical behaviour that is occurring within the workplace.

The onset of the pandemic meant usual working practices for many employees changed almost overnight. As our response to the pandemic continues to evolve...

It is now six years since the corporate criminal offences of failing to prevent facilitation of UK and foreign tax evasion came into effect.

Once the decision has been taken to look for an external whistleblowing provider there are a huge range of providers to choose from, and what they offer varies greatly.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published revised guidance on scheme administration. Targeted at trustees and scheme managers, the guidance provides practical steps to ensure high-quality administration...

The Brexit cloud and the top ten 'business as usual' developments to look out for.

The impact of climate change and the business approach to ESG is at the top of everyone's agenda. But where does HR and employment law fit in?

2023 will see a new approach to inspection by the CQC. What can be expected and how can the health industry prepare?

The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act is a piece of business legislation known in German as Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, or LkSG.

Whistleblowing is always in the news and is a constantly developing area.

The UK government is consulting on significant reforms to the whistleblowing framework, including broader protections for workers and a potential SFO whistleblower incentive scheme modelled on US approaches. Meanwhile, the FCA faces renewed scrutiny over its handling of whistleblowers despite taking action in a greater proportion of cases, with Consumer Duty allegations featuring prominently in recent reports.

In this edition of the UK Enforcement newsletter, we provide an update on recent economic crime matters in the UK. We consider the recent regulatory and enforcement actions...

There is a greater recognition that whistleblowing policies and processes – either internal, outsourced or hybrid – need to be put in place if business is to filter out malpractice and...

2020 is a year that we expected would be dominated by Brexit negotiation headlines, details of a new Employment Bill promised in the December 2019 Queen's speech and a handful of anticipated key...