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Redundancy: your rights

Redundancy arises when there is a workplace move or closure, or where an employer is ceasing trading altogether.  It also arises when an employer has a reduced need for employees to carry out a particular kind of work. For a redundancy dismissal to...
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Recent Case Law on Protected Beliefs

Recent tribunal judgments on freedom to express gender critical views highlight the growing challenge for employers in safely navigating discrimination in the workplace in the face of increasingly complex social attitudes. In a victory for gender-critical...
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Reform of Holiday Pay

The basic right to annual leave is that a worker is entitled to 5.6 weeks’ leave each year. This is the equivalent to 28 days for those working five days a week. Subsequently, a part time worker is entitled to a pro rata amount of 28 days, according to...
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Paternity Leave and Carer's Leave

Paternity Leave From 6 April 2024, where the expected week of childbirth or expected date of placement for adoption falls on or after this date, paternity leave will be able to be taken in two blocks of one week, rather than having to take two weeks leave...
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Labour Promises for Employment Rights

With a general election expected to take place later this year, Labour have issued their employment rights Green Paper. Included within the Green Paper, amongst other proposals, the party has stated that a Labour government will: Raise wages for workers...
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Blended Families and the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975

A Perfect Storm? The traditional family structure is changing, with more second marriages leading to both spouses having children from previous relationships. This can provide fertile grounds for a dispute, particularly if there is a lack of family bonding...
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Divorce Hits 50 Year Low. Why?

It has been reported by the Office for National Statistics that the number of divorces granted in 2022 were the lowest since 1971, down an astonishing 33,448 from 2021. The Office for National Statistics suggested that the numbers could have been affected...
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Fire and rehire - Government response to consultation and updated code published

Dismissal and re-engagement, or “fire and rehire” as it is commonly referred to, is the practice of employers forcing contractual changes upon its employees by dismissing them and immediately offering new terms. Acas guidance states that...
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Fire and rehire - government response to consultation and updated code published

Dismissal and re-engagement, or “fire and rehire” as it is commonly referred to, is the practice of employers forcing contractual changes upon its employees by dismissing them and immediately offering new terms. Acas guidance states that...
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Amendments to flexible working legislation

From 6 April 2024, amendments to the current flexible working legislation will come into force. From this date, employees will be able to make a flexible working request from day one of their employment, rather than having to wait for the current 26 weeks....
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