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Neurodiversity At Work: What Employers Need To Understand About Support, Adjustments And Legal Risk
For many employers, neurodiversity still feels like unfamiliar territory. It may come up quietly, through a request for flexibility, a conversation about struggling with workload, or a manager raising concerns about performance or communication. Sometimes it appears in the background of an absence issue, a grievance, or a difficult workplace relationship that has started to deteriorate.
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Buckles Law
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Final Code Of Practice On New Union Right To Access Workplaces Published, Ready For 30 October Commencement
The ERA 2025 will give independent trade unions a new right to request access to an employer's workplaces to meet, recruit, support, represent, organise, or facilitate collective bargaining for workers (but not to organise industrial action), without needing to show any minimum level of support or membership (and provided the employer and its associated employers together have at least 21 workers in aggregate across their workplaces).
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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Contract of Employment

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Expanded Illegal Working Regime: Draft Employer's Guide To Right To Work Checks Published
The UK government has published a draft Employer's guide addressing the expanded illegal working regime and updated right to work check procedures. This guidance outlines new compliance requirements and verification processes that employers must follow to avoid penalties. Understanding these changes is crucial for organizations to maintain legal compliance in their hiring and employment practices.
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Lewis Silkin
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When Will A Repayment Agreement Be An Unreasonable Restraint On Trade?
The Court of Appeal has ruled that requiring a trainee employee to repay internal training costs constitutes an unreasonable restraint of trade. This landmark decision examines when repayment provisions cross the line from legitimate business protection to unlawful restriction, with significant implications for employers using clawback arrangements for training, bonuses, and other benefits.
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Lewis Silkin
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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

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Neurodiversity At Work: What Employers Need To Understand About Support, Adjustments And Legal Risk
For many employers, neurodiversity still feels like unfamiliar territory. It may come up quietly, through a request for flexibility, a conversation about struggling with workload, or a manager raising concerns about performance or communication. Sometimes it appears in the background of an absence issue, a grievance, or a difficult workplace relationship that has started to deteriorate.
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Buckles Law
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NI Tribunal Dismisses First Gender Critical Belief Discrimination Claim
The Fair Employment Tribunal in Belfast has issued its first ruling on discrimination and harassment claims involving gender critical beliefs as a form of political opinion. While the claimant was unsuccessful, this landmark decision provides crucial early guidance for Northern Ireland employers navigating the complex intersection of gender critical beliefs and workplace discrimination law.
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Lewis Silkin
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Government Consults On Proposed Reform Of Pay Discrimination Law, Including Pay Transparency Measures, Enhanced Enforcement And A New 'Reasonable Steps' Duty On Outsourcing
Following a Call for Evidence last year, the Government has now published a consultation until 27 October 2026 on proposals to reform pay discrimination law. Phase one of the proposed reforms comprises changes to the current equal pay law and enforcement framework.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

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Revised ERA 2025 Confirms That 'Fire And Rehire' Restrictions Are Likely To Take Effect On 1 January 2027
The UK Government has published plans to implement significant restrictions on 'fire and rehire' practices under the Employment Rights Act 2025, with measures expected to take effect on 1 January 2027. These changes will make it automatically unfair to dismiss employees who refuse certain contract variations related to pay, hours, holiday and pension, fundamentally altering employers' ability to force through contractual amendments.
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Withers LLP
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