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ERA 2025 Checklist: October Reforms
The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces sweeping changes to UK employment law taking effect in October 2026, fundamentally altering how employers manage workplace disputes, union relations, and harassment prevention. From extended tribunal time limits to mandatory trade union workplace access, these reforms will reshape employer obligations and employee protections across nearly every aspect of the employment relationship.
United Kingdom Employment
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Mills & Reeve
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Fire And Rehire: A Fundamental Change For Employers From 2027
The Employment Rights Act 2025 will fundamentally reshape how UK employers approach contractual changes, introducing automatic unfair dismissal protections for core terms like pay, hours, and holiday entitlement. With narrow exceptions limited to severe financial distress, organisations must now prioritise employee agreement over dismissal and re-engagement, requiring HR teams to audit contracts, review restructuring procedures, and develop new strategies before the January 2027 implementation date.
United Kingdom Employment
Foot Anstey
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What’s In The Employment Rights Act?
The Employment Rights Act, passed in December 2025, introduces sweeping reforms to UK employment law that will fundamentally reshape workplace rights and obligations. From reduced unfair dismissal qualifying periods to restrictions on fire and rehire practices, stronger harassment protections, and enhanced trade union rights, these changes are being phased in over time with implementation dates stretching into 2027 and beyond.
United Kingdom Employment
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Lewis Silkin
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Tipología de los fondos de pensiones en función de su inversión
La Orden ECM/973/2026 establece una nueva tipología para clasificar los fondos de pensiones según su política de inversión, desarrollando aspectos ya incorporados en la normativa reguladora. ¿Cómo afectará esta clasificación a la transparencia y comparabilidad de los fondos para los partícipes? La norma busca clarificar las vocaciones inversoras y simplificar el mapa inversor existente mediante categorías definidas que agrupen fondos con características
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Divorcing After 50: What Happens To Your Finances, Home And Family Legacy?
Senior Associate Solicitor Andrew Ormrod explains how couples over 50 can navigate the complex financial landscape of 'silver divorce', addressing critical concerns about property division, pension sharing, inheritance protection, and retirement security. Understanding your rights regarding the family home, pensions, investments and future inheritance is essential when working toward a fair financial settlement later in life.
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Slater and Gordon
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ERA 2025 Checklist: October Reforms
The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces sweeping changes to UK employment law taking effect in October 2026, fundamentally altering how employers manage workplace disputes, union relations, and harassment prevention. From extended tribunal time limits to mandatory trade union workplace access, these reforms will reshape employer obligations and employee protections across nearly every aspect of the employment relationship.
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Mills & Reeve
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Can Managers Be Personally Liable For Failing To Make Reasonable Adjustments?
A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision has confirmed that individual employees and managers may face personal liability for disability discrimination claims involving failures to make reasonable adjustments. The ruling in Merriman v 1st Staff Ltd demonstrates that decision-makers who contribute to breaches of an employer's adjustment duties can be held personally accountable under the Equality Act 2010, creating significant implications for how workplace adjustment requests are handled.
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Foot Anstey
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UK Employment Appeal Tribunal Confirms Market Forces Can Justify Equal Pay Differences
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has issued crucial guidance on when market forces and recruitment pressures can justify pay disparities between employees performing equal work. In Next Retail Ltd v Thandi, the EAT clarified the boundaries of the material factor defence in equal pay claims, examining when operational requirements and distinct labour markets may legitimately support different pay rates.
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Fire And Rehire: A Fundamental Change For Employers From 2027
The Employment Rights Act 2025 will fundamentally reshape how UK employers approach contractual changes, introducing automatic unfair dismissal protections for core terms like pay, hours, and holiday entitlement. With narrow exceptions limited to severe financial distress, organisations must now prioritise employee agreement over dismissal and re-engagement, requiring HR teams to audit contracts, review restructuring procedures, and develop new strategies before the January 2027 implementation date.
United Kingdom Employment
Foot Anstey
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Régimen de impatriados: aunque se reduzca la jornada laboral del empleo que motivó el traslado para compaginarla con un trabajo a distancia para el extranjero
La Dirección General de Tributos ha emitido una consulta vinculante que clarifica aspectos clave del régimen especial de trabajadores desplazados a España, permitiendo su mantenimiento incluso cuando el contribuyente reduce su jornada laboral original para trabajar remotamente para una empresa extranjera y posteriormente asume funciones ejecutivas en otra sociedad española. Esta interpretación administrativa adopta un enfoque flexible que favorece la atracción de talento intern
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Newsletter Laboral, Compensación Y Beneficios – Septiembre 2026 (Video)
This newsletter examines recent legislative and jurisprudential developments in Spanish employment law, including updates on alternative mutual societies, forest fire unemployment benefits, cognitive accessibility standards, and transparent working conditions. It also analyzes key court rulings on employment contract termination, illegal worker assignment, telework modifications, and various labor disputes.
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Pérez-Llorca
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