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Employment Rights Act 2025: Consultations on the trigger for collective redundancy consultation and detriments for taking industrial action

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On 26 February the government published two further consultation papers on the implementation of aspects of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA): Make Work Pay: threshold for triggering collective redundancy obligations consultation and Make Work Pay: protection from detriments for taking industrial action – GOV.UK. Collective consultation threshold In addition to retaining the existing trigger […]

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First major Employment Rights Act measures come into force

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On 18 February, the first major measures of the Employment Rights Act (ERA) come into force. The ERA repeals the majority of the Trade Union Act 2016 and significantly relaxes the requirements of the process for organising industrial action. For industrial action ballots opening on or after 18 February, the ERA simplifies requirements on trade unions in

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EAT clarifies when collective redundancy consultation is triggered: Micro Focus Ltd v Mildenhall

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In Micro Focus Ltd v Mildenhall, the EAT considered when collective redundancy consultation obligations under section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA) are triggered and in particular the impact of the ECJ’s decision in UQ v Marclean Technologies SLU (Marclean). s.188, which implements the Collective Redundancies Directive (Directive), states that ‘Where

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Government to produce statutory code of practice on ‘fire and rehire’

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On Tuesday 29 March the Labour Markets minister Paul Scully announced in Parliament that the government will be producing a new statutory code on the practice of ‘fire and rehire’. The code will also “clamp down on controversial tactics used by unscrupulous employers who fail to engage in meaningful consultations with employees”. The new statutory

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CJRS: Less than 1 month until close – Key redundancy considerations for employers

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Over seventeen months since its first launch in March 2020 – and following a number of surprise extensions along the way – the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has now entered its final month. It will draw to a close on 30 September 2021.  Over 11.5 million jobs have been supported by the scheme, allowing

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