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TUPE, Harmonisation And Indirect Discrimination Risk

A recent EAT decision emphasizes that while TUPE protects terms upon transfer, it does not shield an employer from claims post-transfer.

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

High Court Refuses Injunction For A 'Prior Call' For Industrial Action

The High Court has refused to grant an injunction to stop industrial action based on a trade union allegedly calling on its members to take action before its ballot had closed.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Upper Tribunal Finds That Banque Havilland Devised A Plan To Harm The Qatari Economy

The Upper Tribunal has upheld the FCA's decision that Rangecourt SA (formerly Banque Havilland), Edmund Rowland, the former London CEO and Vladimir Bolelyy, a former Bank employee, acted without integrity.

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

Key Changes To Employment Laws Under The New UK Employment Rights Act 2025

Qualifying Period for the Right Not to Be Unfairly Dismissed. Currently, employees must have two years of qualifying service in order to bring an unfair dismissal claim...

United Kingdom Employment

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Jones Day

UK Fire-and-rehire Rules: What's Still Up For Debate And How Employers Should Prepare

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

Industrial Action

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Taxation Of Payments In Lieu Of Notice

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Act 2025: New Fire And Rehire Protections Put Back To January 2027

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

New ERA 2025 Consultations On Flexible Work Requests, Fire And Re-hire And Other Reforms

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Act: How Will The Fire And Rehire Provisions Apply In Practice?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

New UK Immigration Measures Are Set To Facilitate Entering The UK Tech And Science Sectors

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Can I Change My Employees' Place Of Work?

United Kingdom Employment

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Rothera Bray

Football Club Senior Managers Beware: Inside The IFR's New Owners, Directors And Senior Executives Test

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Strategic Cross-border Enforcement In Asia (Video)

Worldwide International

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Withers LLP

Employment Winter Newsletter 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Lewis Silkin's Data, Privacy & Cyber Team Watch Outs For 2026

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

Protecting Innovation From Hackers Explained (Video)

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

COP30: What Were The Key Outcomes?

Worldwide Environment

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Travers Smith LLP

Will The Employment Rights Act Mean A New Dawn For Trade Unions?

The Employment Rights Act aims to revitalise the trade union movement and put unions into more UK workplaces. Will it work?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The Duty To Prevent Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

Employers have a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment: To The Point (January 2026)

This January 2026 edition focuses on the employment law reforms coming into force in April 2026 and what businesses can do to prepare. Our Employment Rights Act tracker will keep you up to date...

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

UK: Government Seeks Views On Reform Of Non-compete Clauses

The Government has published a working paper inviting views on options for the reform of non-compete clauses in employment contracts, with responses sought by 18 February 2026.

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Quick Guide To Pension Scheme Contracts

United Kingdom Employment

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Will Non-compete Clauses In Employment Contracts Be Reformed?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Employment Rights Act– What Does It Mean For Employers?

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

UK Employment Rights Act 2025: Major Reforms For UK Employment Law

United Kingdom Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Government Working Paper: Options To Reform Noncompete Clauses In Employment Contracts

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

What's In The Employment Rights Act?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Shorter, Smarter, Or Scrapped? Non‑competes At A Crossroads

United Kingdom Employment

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Macfarlanes LLP

Reform Of Non-compete Clauses In UK Employment Contracts Revisited

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

United Kingdom: Employment – 2025 Highlights And 2026 Outlook

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

Seasonal Staff Have Same Rights As Full-time Employees, Advises Lawyer

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Shorter, Smarter, Or Scrapped? Non‑competes At A Crossroads

With all eyes on the Budget, many have missed that on 26 November, the UK Government published a consultation working paper on potential reform to non-compete clauses in employment contracts.

United Kingdom Employment

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Macfarlanes LLP

Reform Of Non-compete Clauses In UK Employment Contracts Revisited

The government is seeking views on options for reforming non-compete clauses in employment contracts in the UK.

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

United Kingdom: Employment – 2025 Highlights And 2026 Outlook

This year has seen some changes in the United Kingdom for employers and, most significantly, has given us an insight into the many changes and likely challenges ahead in light of the current...

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

Seasonal Staff Have Same Rights As Full-time Employees, Advises Lawyer

Employees taken on for short-duration contracts have the same employment rights as anybody else, a leading lawyer has warned employers.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Delay, Dispute, And Dismissal: Key Lessons From Dr Kate Barry V Upper Thames Medical Group

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Employment Rights Bill: UK Government Consults On Employer Duty To Inform Workers Of Their Right To Join A Union

On 23 October 2025 the UK Government published four consultation papers on aspects of the Employment Rights Bill (the 'Bill')...

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Employers Of Record: Key Considerations Before Leasing Labour

If an employer needs to employ someone in a country where it has no base, there could be all sorts of legal and administrative complications concerning...

Worldwide Employment

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Ius Laboris

The Employment And Immigration Intersection: Should Right To Work Checks Be Carried Out For Non-employees?

Ensuring that only individuals with the right to work in the UK undertake activities for, or at, your business is a central pillar of UK immigration compliance.

United Kingdom Immigration

LS

Lewis Silkin

Illegality And The Working Time Regulations

A recent Tribunal decision considered the case of an employee dismissed for working in breach of Working Time Regulations.

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Recruiting Temporary Workers For Christmas: Five Legal Risks For Retailers

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Employment Rights Bill Nears Final Stages

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

UK Bankers' Remuneration Reform: Significant Flexibility Unlocked

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

Civil Penalties And The Gig Economy

United Kingdom Employment

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Burness Paull

Ten Common Employment Law Myths

United Kingdom Employment

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Rothera Bray

If I Resign And Claim Constructive Dismissal, Is It Okay For Me To Work My Notice?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Asia: Post-employment Restraints

Worldwide Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

I Really Don't Want To Go And See Occupational Health. Do I Have To?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Monthly Special - Case Study: Part 5: Remote Work In The UK For A Swiss Employer – Tax And Other Administrative Challenges

United Kingdom Tax

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CONVINUS

UK Employment Law Round Up: Developments In Q3 And Looking Ahead To Q4

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Competing For Talent: What Employers Need To Know

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

UK Employment Rights Bill – The Next Stage

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

How To Protect Your IP - Part 3

United Kingdom IP

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Burness Paull

Non-competes Or Anti-competitive? The UK Competition Authority Fleshes Out Guidance

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

TUPE Takeaways: How Organised Must An "Organised Grouping" Be?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

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