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AI depends on trust. Based on a panel discussion at our annual GC event, S&B Activate 2025, this article provides ideas for how legal...

Following its slightly cryptic announcement on changes to unfair dismissal compensation last week (details here: Unexpected developments...

More developments appear to be afoot on the Employment Rights Bill. Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister, is reportedly due to...

Wednesday’s budget contained little from an employment law perspective, save for the news that national insurance contribution (NIC)...

The High Court recently sentenced a former Commerzbank employee to 20 months’ imprisonment for contempt of court. The employee had...

The government announced yesterday that the qualifying period for “ordinary” unfair dismissal claims would be reduced to six months (from...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed in the Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Sahonta [2025] EAT 166 that some of the...

Most legal events tell you what’s changed. This one was about what to do next. S&B Activate 2025 brought together business leaders,...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has extended an agreement with McDonalds requiring it to take steps to prevent workplace...

Under the current law, in order to obtain a statutory defence against a civil penalty for illegal working, employers must carry out...

Since the abolition of employment tribunal fees in 2017, the Employment Tribunal system has been overwhelmed.  When the coalition...

On 15 September the House of Commons debated the various amendments that had been made to the Employment Rights Bill in the House of...