Employment Law and Labour Law

Jersey has a number of application routes for those wishing to move to the island to undertake business activities. Jersey’s new Skilled High Earner route is designed for non‑resident entrepreneurs...

Organizations are fundamentally rethinking their approach to talent management, with the 2026 report revealing a decisive transformation in attraction and retention strategies. What specific shifts are driving this change, and how are companies adapting their workforce practices to meet evolving employee expectations?

Lucy Lewis speaks with Professor Gina Neff about how organisations can unlock AI's true potential by empowering frontline workers to reimagine their roles rather than simply automating existing tasks. The conversation explores why top-down efficiency mandates miss the mark and how building equity and agency into AI adoption strategies creates lasting organisational resilience.

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) and previous versions of the regulations have been in force in the UK since 1981.

The Government plans to extend the right to work scheme to non-employee workers, self-employed contractors and online job matching platforms.

In this issue, we look at how to mitigate risks to outsourcings from cyber-attacks and the implications for customers and service providers of proposed reforms on late payment.

Creating a national workplace pension system is a significant challenge for any country, but for island nations with smaller populations, more limited resources and the need for tailored engagement...

A&O Shearman advises Aegon on the approximately GBP2bn sale of its UK business to Standard Life, creating the UK's largest retirement savings and income business serving 16 million customers. The transaction includes GBP750 million in cash and a 15% equity stake in the combined entity, marking a strategic milestone in Aegon's transformation into a leading U.S. life insurance and retirement group.

The Pensions Regulator is urging trustees of smaller defined contribution schemes to evaluate their capacity to meet upcoming legal requirements under the Pension Schemes Bill, including default decumulation pathways and value for money assessments. With increased governance demands on the horizon, TPR suggests that consolidation or wind-up may better serve member interests for schemes lacking the resources to comply with these significant new duties.

The Employment Rights Bill introduces reforms that affect almost every stage of the employment relationship. Its purpose is to strengthen statutory protections and bring greater consistency to workplace rights. For employers, however, the significance of the Bill lies less in its stated aims and more in how it reshapes the legal and commercial risk attached to employing staff

The annual changes to compensation limits have been announced and are set out here. The amount of a week’s pay for calculating the basic award for unfair dismissal and statutory redundancy pay increases from £719 to £751.

Workers who "blow the whistle" on their employers have the right not to be dismissed or otherwise penalised as a result.