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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.

What Can Employers Do To Prepare For Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting In The EU?

I understand that mandatory gender pay gap reporting begins in the EU in June 2027. What should we expect and why is that important now?

European Union Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Fired Over Text: WhatsApp With That?

Being fired is rarely a pleasant experience, but being dismissed via WhatsApp, without warning or due process takes it to another level.

United Kingdom Employment

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Herrington Carmichael

Reform Of The Qualifying Period For An Unfair Dismissal Claim – Day One Or Not Day One?

Since their election success, all eyes have been on Labour's proposed employment law reforms. One of the most far-reaching would be the proposed abolition of the two-year qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims.

United Kingdom Employment

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Rothera Bray

Is My Disability A Shield Against Performance Management?

Yes, because your employer must make allowances for the impact of your disability on your ability to do your job and in particular is legally obliged to make reasonable adjustments that will permit your full and effective participation in the workplace.

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Reintroduction Of The Trainee Minimum Wage Rate In Jersey

Jersey Employment

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Carey Olsen

Employment Appeal Tribunal Grants Permanent Anonymity Order

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Court Of Appeal Decision On Race Discrimination & The Respondent's Duty To Discharge The Burden Of Proof

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Summary Of Employment Rights Bill Implementation

United Kingdom Employment

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Burness Paull

How Serious Does The Last Straw Have To Be When Claiming Constructive Dismissal?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

EHRC Expected To Issue Guidance Banning Trans Women From Single-sex Spaces

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

ChatGPT Says I Can Get Aggravated Damages

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

How To Plead Your Employment Tribunal Claim As A Litigant In Person

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

First Decision To Follow The Supreme Court Decision In For Women Scotland

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

If I Work In Higher Education Can My Employer Force Me To Sign An NDA As Part Of Any Settlement?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

HR Briefing: Competition And Employment (Podcast)

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: The Impact Of UK Tax Policy

United Kingdom Tax

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Travers Smith LLP

Tech 10 – Episode 6: The Power Of Platforms (Video)

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

The NHS And AI Scribes

United Kingdom Privacy

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Spencer West

Navigating The Transition Finance Landscape (Podcast)

Guernsey Finance

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Guernsey Finance

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Human Resources

Ready Or Not? London Olympics 2012

With 205 nations, and 11,000 athletes descending on the capital to take part in over 300 world-class sporting events this summer, it’s no wonder most of us are more than a bit excited about the London Olympics.

United Kingdom Employment

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Clarion

Employers With HR Teams May Be Penalised If Employment Rights Are Breached

The Government has published the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which sets out the detail of the recently proposed changes to employment law.

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Aviva Says Goodbye To 1,300 Staff … By Mistake!

It may be a Friday afternoon but the dangers of slipping into relaxed weekend mode a little prematurely are illustrated by a recent incident involving HR at Aviva.

United Kingdom Employment

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Kemp Little LLP

Social Media And The Workplace

United Kingdom Employment

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Salans LLP

Be A Good Sport!: Managing Employee And Staff Disruptions During The 2012 Olympic Games

United Kingdom Employment

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Latham & Watkins

Employment Law Aspects Of Queen's Speech

United Kingdom Employment

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DMH Stallard

Misconduct And Facebook – Facebook Fights, Human Rights, What's Not Alright?

United Kingdom Employment

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Wedlake Bell

Can A UK Employer Have A Compulsory Retirement Age?

United Kingdom Employment

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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson

Employees’ Preparations To Compete During Employment

United Kingdom Employment

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Fired Over Text: WhatsApp With That?

Being fired is rarely a pleasant experience, but being dismissed via WhatsApp, without warning or due process takes it to another level.

United Kingdom Employment

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Herrington Carmichael

Reform Of The Qualifying Period For An Unfair Dismissal Claim – Day One Or Not Day One?

Since their election success, all eyes have been on Labour's proposed employment law reforms. One of the most far-reaching would be the proposed abolition of the two-year qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims.

United Kingdom Employment

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Rothera Bray

Summary Of Employment Rights Bill Implementation

On 1 July 2025, the UK government published a policy paper – effectively a roadmap – which provides some clarity on the periods of consultation and phases of implementation of the proposed reform under the ERB...

United Kingdom Employment

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Burness Paull

You Snooze, You…Win? How Falling Asleep On The Job Led To £20k Compensation

United Kingdom Employment

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Herrington Carmichael

Employment Rights Bill – Headline Of Changes Following House Of Lords Report Stage

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

From Contracts To Holiday Pay: Employment Law In Agriculture Explained

United Kingdom Employment

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Rothera Bray

Employment Rights Bill: Further Significant Amendments But Will They Become Law?

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Update On Progress Of Employment Rights Bill And Other Legislative Initiatives

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Changes To Jersey Employment Law – Coming Into Force On 25 July 2025

Jersey Employment

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Carey Olsen

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Outsourcing

TUPE Takeaways: Top Tips When Restructuring Your Business

In this TUPE takeaways insight, we consider top tips for both transferors and transferees when restructuring a business.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Outsourcing Spotlight – Spring/Summer 2025

Welcome to the fourth edition of Travers Smith's Outsourcing Spotlight. In this issue, we look at whether a possible change in the approach to equal pay could undermine incentives to outsource.

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of UK, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

United Kingdom Employment

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DAC Beachcroft LLP

Amendments To The Employment Rights Bill: Advice For Employers

United Kingdom Employment

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Herrington Carmichael

Outsourcing Spotlight - Autumn/Winter 2024

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Employment Rights Bill Unpacked: Will TUPE Be Transformed?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Navigating IT Contracts: A Call For Law Firms To Elevate Their Approach

United Kingdom Commercial

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Spencer West

New Deal Talking Points: Rehabilitation Of Offenders - Will The Government's Reforms Fill The Gaps?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Part 1 - Gross Negligence And Reframing A Type Of Loss (Video)

United Kingdom Strategy

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

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Redundancy/Layoff

Neurodivergence, Discrimination Comparators, Privileged Documents In The Wrong Hands, And A News Round-up

Our employment law update for July covers cases about legal principles tribunals must consider when analysing the ‘substantial adverse...

United Kingdom Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

TUPE Takeaways: Top Tips When Restructuring Your Business

In this TUPE takeaways insight, we consider top tips for both transferors and transferees when restructuring a business.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Government Publishes Timetable For Implementing The Employment Rights Bill

The Government has set out a timetable or so-called "roadmap" for the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill (ERB). While the roadmap states that the Government is determined to implement...

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Fair Redundancy Requires Reasonable Efforts To Identify Alternative Employment For At Risk Employee

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What's In The Employment Rights Bill?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The Road Ahead For The UK Employment Rights Bill: Latest Developments And Next Steps

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

Employment Update July 2025 (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Redundancy And Unfair Dismissal: Your Duty To Try And Find Alternative Employment

United Kingdom Employment

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Higgs LLP

ThinkHouse TUPE Club: Key Questions On A Service Provision Change (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

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Latest Videos

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Skilled Worker Visa 2025: New Salary Rules (Video)

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Latitude Law

ThinkHouse TUPE Club: Key Questions On A Service Provision Change (Video)

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Gowling WLG

The Fair Work Agency: Plans For State Enforcement Of Employment Rights (Podcast)

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Lewis Silkin

Understanding The Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Employers, Employees And Workers (Video)

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Neurodiversity In The Workplace - Employment Law Webinar (Video)

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Higgs LLP

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