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The Rising Tactical Use Of Workplace Data Subject Access Requests

What was intended by law-makers as fundamental personal data transparency rights are now frequently deployed as fishing exercises, stalling tactics, or simply to put pressure...

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Bill Sent Back To The Commons Yet Again; ACAS Early Conciliation Period Extended; Digital Collective Redundancy Notification

Yesterday afternoon the House of Lords debated the Employment Rights Bill once again and, once again, five Government motions were defeated with the Lords insisting on their 28 October amendments...

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

Legal And Operational Implications Of Reducing Assistant Headteacher Positions

As highlighted in a recent Schools Week article, Government ministers have suggested that the rising numbers of assistant heads could be targeted for cost-cutting as schools...

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

What's In The Employment Rights Bill?

European Union Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Bill Consultations: Enhanced Dismissal Protections For Pregnant Women And New Mothers

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Getting Redundancy Right In Northern Ireland – Part 2: Navigating Collective Redundancies With Care

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Law: Insights For In-house Counsel - Autumn 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

What's In The Employment Rights Bill?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Collective Redundancies In The UK: HR1 Form Goes Digital

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Redundancy Explained - Lawful Procedures

United Kingdom Employment

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Giambrone & Partners

How Do I Know That My Redundancy Is Legitimate?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Redundancy Or Restructure? Employment Law Trip Hazards In Construction Layoffs

United Kingdom Employment

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Herrington Carmichael

In The Pipeline - September 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Built To Scale: Andrew Gough On Growing GCD Technologies (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

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

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

Happy Birthday To The Online Safety Act!

United Kingdom Privacy

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Lewis Silkin

Episode 20: "Trick Or Treat?" Will The Activists Be Out This Hallowe'en?... (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Legal Consideration For Hotels: Planning (Video)

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gowling WLG

Thinking About Collective Redundancies? Watch Out For New Penalties And Uncertain Timings

The maximum penalty for not properly consulting about collective redundancies will double from 90 to 180 days' pay per employee from April 2026.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Bill: What Don't We Know?

The Employment Rights Bill promises sweeping reform of British employment law, yet many important details remain uncertain.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Share Incentive Plans (SIPs)

A Share Incentive Plan (SIP) is a government-approved, all-employee share scheme designed to allow companies to offer shares to their employees...

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

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

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Government Publishes Timetable For Implementing The Employment Rights Bill

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

UK Employment Rights Bill: Key Dates For Consultation And Implementation Of The Bill

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

When Will The Employment Rights Bill Be Implemented?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

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

The case sets a definitive standard and serves as a stark reminder to employers that the reasons behind a redundancy are not the only factors which determine a fair dismissal.

United Kingdom Employment

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Higgs LLP

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

This on-demand webinar is designed to help you deal with some of the most frequent issues which arise on a TUPE outsourcing, both the transfer out and back in-house.

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

UK Employment Rights Bill: Key Dates For Consultation And Implementation Of The Bill

Employers may welcome the announcement that the 'Day One' right not to be unfairly dismissed is not expected to be introduced until an as yet unspecified date in 2027.

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

When Will The Employment Rights Bill Be Implemented?

Day one unfair dismissal rights will not take effect until 2027 while most key employment law changes will happen in 2026 - according to the government's new roadmap...

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Redundancy And Alternative Employment, Disability, Offensive Language, And A News Roundup

United Kingdom Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

'Good Jobs' Consultation Outcome Released: What May Be Changing In NI Employment Law?

The highly anticipated outcome of the recent ‘Good Jobs' Employment Rights Bill consultation has just been released by the Department for the Economy.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Bill: Update Following House Of Commons Approval On 12 March 2025

Employment Rights Bill amendments approved by House of Commons on 12 March 2025. Key changes and implications since February update outlined.

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

The Latest Uprating Of Statutory Rates And Limits In The UK

New rates and limits for unfair dismissal compensation, redundancy payments and statutory pay for family leave have been announced from 6 April 2025.

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Key Changes To The UK Employment Rights Bill As It Passes To The House Of Lords

Numerous amendments have been suggested to the UK Employment Rights Bill as it has been debated in the House of Commons. We outline the measures that are supported by the Government and some...

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Rates And Limits For Employment Law

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Amendments To The Employment Rights Bill (And Other Recent Developments)

United Kingdom Employment

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Progress Of The UK Employment Rights Bill: Amendments And Move To The House Of Lords

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

Neonatal Care Leave And Pay In Force From 6 April 2025 In Great Britain: Are You Prepared?

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

Employment Rights Bill Unpacked: Collective Redundancies

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

What's In The Employment Rights Bill?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The Employment Edit – Issue 10 – March 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Dechert

Amendments To The Employment Rights Bill

United Kingdom Employment

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Devonshires

Working Mothers: Workplace Travel Requirements Do Not Automatically Amount To Indirect Discrimination

United Kingdom Employment

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Employment Update - March 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Employment Rights Bill Amendments Published

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Maternity Leave And Pay

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Menopause And The Workplace

United Kingdom Employment

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Higgs LLP

UK Employment Rights Bill: What Employers Need To Know About The Proposed Changes To Collective Redundancies

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

CFO Dive: Meta, Microsoft, Workday Join Latest Wave Of Tech Layoffs

United Kingdom Employment

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AlixPartners

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