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Employment law and labour law articles and thought leadership, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore articles covering topics such as Discrimination, Employee Benefits and Compensation, Health and Safety, Unfair/Wrongful Dismissal, Whistleblowing, Employment Rights, Outsourcing and Redundancy.

Whistleblowing Dismissals And "Detriment" Claims: What Employers Should Learn From Recent Court Of Appeal Decisions

Whistleblowing concerns rarely arrive in a convenient form. They can be raised by a long-serving employee who feels genuinely uneasy about something they have witnessed, or by someone already in conflict with management who frames workplace grievances as wrongdoing.

United Kingdom Employment

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Buckles Law

In Force From April 2026: Changes To Collective Redundancy, Paternity And Parental Leave, SSP And Whistleblowing Reforms

A number of provisions in the Employment Rights Act 2025 ('ERA 2025') are coming into force on 6 April 2026. We set out the key changes.

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

UK Employment Law Changes In April 2026: Six Things HR Should Know

The Employment Rights Act 2025 marks a new era for UK employment law, with far reaching implications for HR professionals and businesses.

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

The Pensions Brief: January 2026

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published revised guidance on scheme administration. Targeted at trustees and scheme managers, the guidance provides practical steps to ensure high-quality administration...

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

Employment Rights Act– What Does It Mean For Employers?

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Employment Rights Act 2025 – Key Points Employers Need To Know Now

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

In The Pipeline - December 2025

United Kingdom Employment

TS

Travers Smith LLP

Employment Rights Bill Ping Pong Continues, With The House Of Lords Rejecting The Government's Plans To Remove The Unfair Dismissal Compensation Cap

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New HMRC Reward Scheme For Whistleblowers Introduced

United Kingdom Tax

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Macfarlanes LLP

Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) In Workplace Harassment And Discrimination Situations

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Government Wants To Abolish The Cap On Unfair Dismissal Compensation: What Employers Need To Know

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Government U-turns On Day One Unfair Dismissal Rights - But Adds Compensation Hike?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Whistleblowing Claims: The Detriment Of Dismissal

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Whistleblowing Detriment vs. Dismissal: The Court Of Appeal Gives Its Verdict

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Catherine Gage Explains The Impact Of Martyn's Law In Charity Finance

United Kingdom Finance

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Hunters

Strategic Cross-border Enforcement In Asia (Video)

Worldwide International

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Withers LLP

Court Rulings On "Fair" Treatment Of Creditors Reshape UK Restructuring Landscape (Podcast)

United Kingdom Insolvency

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A&O Shearman

COP30: What Were The Key Outcomes?

Worldwide Environment

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Travers Smith LLP

What Differences Can Corporates Leverage Between US And UK Capital Markets? (Video)

United Kingdom Finance

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Employment Law Bulletin - September 2025

Our first article this month focuses on the duty to prevent sexual harassment of workers and employees in the course of their employment almost one year after it came into force.

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Can I Bring A Detriment Claim Against The Dismissing Manager As Well As Against My Employer If I Have Been Fired For Whistleblowing?

As the law currently stands, yes, you can, although this issue has been under scrutiny in the Court of Appeal in the joined cases of Barton Turns Developments Ltd v Treadwell and Rice v Wicked Vision Ltd...

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

EAT Confirms HR Consultants Were Not Liable For Employer's Decision To Dismiss

External HR professionals are often retained by employers to investigate workplace matters, such as staff grievance and disciplinary issues.

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Employment Update November 2025

The UK Government plans to introduce a number of significant changes to employment law under the Employment Rights Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament.

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Insight Into Court Of Appeal Clarification On Employment Tribunal Jurisdiction Rules

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Workplace Sexual Harassment Law: What's Changed For Employers One Year On?

United Kingdom Employment

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Whistleblowing Protection And Liability Of Innocent Decision Makers

United Kingdom Employment

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Navigating Employment Investigations: What Are The Key Steps? (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

How To Earn Trust For AI In Whistleblowing And Compliance Programs

United Kingdom Technology

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NAVEX

UK Employment Rights Bill: What Employers Need To Know About NDA Restrictions And Other Changes To Harassment Laws

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Whistleblowers Are Protected From Suffering A Detriment After Termination Of Employment

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Employment Update September 2025

United Kingdom Employment

TS

Travers Smith LLP

Public Matters: August 2025

United Kingdom Employment

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Whistleblowing Protection: Disclosures To External Investigators

United Kingdom Employment

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Whistleblowers Are Protected From Suffering A Detriment After Termination Of Employment

Employer's PR statements following tribunal proceedings could have founded whistleblowing claim.

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Employment Update September 2025

According to news reports, the increase in reliance on AI has led to a new condition called "AI psychosis" – where delusional thoughts are triggered or worsened by intense engagement with chatbots.

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Public Matters: August 2025

In this article we make the case for a unified technology platform that is integrated and capable of operating across...

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Whistleblowing Protection: Disclosures To External Investigators

Employees or workers raising concerns about wrongdoing are only protected from dismissal or being subjected to detriment if their disclosure is made to the person or persons...

United Kingdom Employment

BJ

Browne Jacobson

EAT Rules That Whistleblowing To External Investigator Was Protected

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Analysis: Why Are Whistleblowers Important?

It might feel strange to talk about canaries in the context of today's modern workplaces. But stick with us, because this isn't just a quaint historical footnote.

United Kingdom Employment

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NAVEX

Regional Whistleblowing & Incident Management Benchmark Report

Our 2025 Regional Whistleblowing & Incident Management Benchmark Report includes the largest-ever dataset of NAVEX customers that received 10 or more internal reports. This group of over 4,000 organizations representing nearly 70-million employees logged 2.15 million reports in 2024.

United Kingdom Employment

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NAVEX

Employment Appeal Tribunal: External HR Consultants Can Be Personally Liable When Acting As Agents Of The Employer

It is more common than most people might think for companies to appoint external consultants to carry out investigations. For example, if a grievance is submitted against a member of the Board...

United Kingdom Employment

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Devonshires

A Wind Of Change Is Blowing: The Office Of The Whistleblower Bill

Araft of legislative changes have been taking place to contribute to the fight against fraud.

United Kingdom Employment

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Devonshires

When Should Companies Self-report? The SFO's Recent Guidance Is Just One Piece Of A Larger Puzzle

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

The HS2 Company Pays Out £319,000 For Its Mistreatment Of A Whistleblower

United Kingdom Employment

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

Whistleblowing Job Applicants, Discrimination Outside Employment, And Liability For HR Consultants, Plus A News Roundup

United Kingdom Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Updates To Economic Crime Regulations: Enhancing Whistleblowing Procedures

United Kingdom Criminal

Capital Law

'Good Jobs' Proposals: Trade Union Reform In Northern Ireland – Could This Rebalance The Workplace?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The Dark Side Of Mishandled Whistleblowing

United Kingdom Employment

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Herrington Carmichael

The UK's New Whistleblower Reward Scheme: A Turning Point For Tax Accountability

United Kingdom Criminal

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NAVEX

How To Include Reports To Managers In Internal Reporting

European Union Employment

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NAVEX

Employment Tribunal Claims: Risk Reduction For Academy Trusts And Schools

United Kingdom Consumer

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Blowing The Whistle: HMRC's New Informant Incentive Scheme

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Macfarlanes LLP

In The Pipeline - March 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Rising Temperatures In The Workplace: How To Address The Increase In Workplace Civility Concerns

United Kingdom Employment

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NAVEX

New SRA Guidance For In-house Lawyers: A Double-edged Sword?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The Increasing Importance – And Visibility – Of Internal Investigations

United Kingdom Employment

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NAVEX

Corporate Investigations 2025

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

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Whistleblowing Podcast: Key Developments And Issues For Financial Services Firms

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Climate Change And ESG - The Strategic And Operational Role Of HR (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Whistleblowing – Bringing You Up To Speed (Video)

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Gowling WLG

EU Whistleblowing Directive Part 3 (Video)

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Safecall

Are You Prepared For The EU Whistleblowing Directive (Video)

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Safecall

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