The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) has almost completed the legislative process with the final report stage in the House of Lords scheduled for 3 September 2025. The ERB is likely to receive Royal Assent in the autumn and then there will be consultation about the content of secondary legislation and work will begin on supporting […]
Although not an employment case, this is one of the first court decisions dealing with transgender issues since the Supreme Court’s ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers (FWS) in which the Supreme Court confirmed that words such as ‘sex’, ‘woman’, ‘male’, and ‘female’ in the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) referred exclusively to biological
As the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) approaches its final stages before Royal Assent, further amendments have been published. The government amendments, which will almost certainly be passed due to the size of the Labour majority, include the following significant changes: Confidentiality/Non-disclosure agreements Any provision in an agreement between an employer and a worker will be
On 1 July 2025 the Government published a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (the Statement), impacting the Skilled Worker and other UK work visa routes. The Statement implements the initial tranche of reforms set out in the Government’s White Paper published on 12 May 2025. The changes will take effect from 22 July
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The government has published its long-awaited indicative timetable for implementation of the Employment Right Bill (ERB), Implementing the Employment Rights Bill – Our roadmap for delivering change. The key takeaway is that many of the provisions of the ERB will not come into force until Autumn 2026 and beyond, including the ‘day 1’ right to
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The government has launched a comprehensive review of the system of parental leave and pay entitlement, publishing terms of reference for the review and a call for evidence. All current and upcoming parental leave and pay entitlements will be in scope of the review, namely: Maternity leave and pay. Paternity leave and pay. Adoption leave
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On 5 June 2025, the prayers of many in the pensions industry were answered when the DWP announced that the Government will introduce legislation to address issues arising from the Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees judgment. Background The DWP acknowledged the industry uncertainty emanating from the July 2024 Court of Appeal judgment, which upheld a High
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At a glance The UK Government has confirmed that it will be introducing greater flexibility for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to share surplus funds with scheme employers and beneficiaries. This will be welcome news for employers that may wish to use surplus assets to invest in the business, reduce debt or improve other employee
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On Monday 12 May 2025, the Government published its long-awaited white paper, containing a blueprint for significant changes to the UK immigration system. These changes are a proposed government policy, and require further legislation before becoming law. We have summarised the changes and key points for UK employers below. Overview The white paper, entitled ‘Restoring
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Recently, we highlighted the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers which ruled on the meaning of ‘woman’, ‘man’ and ‘sex’, for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA). Please click here for our earlier article. This case has received widespread attention and raised a significant number of practical
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In a judgment handed down today, For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers the Supreme Court has determined the meaning of ‘man’, ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 as referring to biological sex, not acquired or certificated sex under a Gender Recognition Certificate. Background The appeal arose in the context of a
On 30 March 2025, the UK Home Office announced that businesses will soon be legally required to carry out right to work checks on everyone working in their name. This change will bring gig economy and zero-hours workers in line with other employees, with civil penalties being imposed on businesses that hire illegal self-employed contractors
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The government is seeking evidence and views on areas of equality policy to help better understand how the law is working in practice and on areas of possible equality law reform. The call for evidence will help shape the measures included in the draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill and the Employment Rights Bill. The equality
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The following changes come into effect in early April 2025: National minimum wage (NMW) The new NMW rates which will apply from 1 April 2025 are as follows: Rate From 1 April 2025 National Living Wage age 21+ £12.21 Age 18-20 £10.00 Age 16-17 £7.55 Apprentice rate £7.55 Accommodation offset £10.66 Neonatal care leave
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued updates on its decisions in two parallel investigations into suspected anti-competitive behaviour in relation to freelance labour in the production and broadcasting of sports content (where it issued an infringement decision) and freelance and employed labour in the production, creation and / or broadcasting of television
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