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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.

From Findings To Fixes: Closing The Loop On Investigations

Internal investigations sit at the center of modern whistleblowing and compliance programs. This five-part series explores what makes investigations defensible in practice, covering consistency and independence...

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How To Protect Whistleblowers And Your Organization At The Same Time

Internal investigations sit at the center of modern whistleblowing and compliance programs.

European Union Employment

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Signals Show Heightened Stress On Workplace Cultures

The health of workplace culture is often measured by how employees choose to raise concerns and whether they trust their organization enough to do so.

United Kingdom Employment

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NAVEX

Darlington v London Borough Of Islington - Can You Settle Tomorrow's Whistleblowing Claims Today?

This case concerned the scope of a COT3 agreement and whether it prevented an employee from bringing a future whistleblowing detriment claim.

United Kingdom Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Consistency Is The Spine Of A Defensible Investigation

United Kingdom Employment

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NAVEX

Employment Essentials: Employment Law Changes 2026 And Beyond

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

Whistleblowing Dismissals And "Detriment" Claims: What Employers Should Learn From Recent Court Of Appeal Decisions

United Kingdom Employment

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Buckles Law

In Force From April 2026: Changes To Collective Redundancy, Paternity And Parental Leave, SSP And Whistleblowing Reforms

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

UK Employment Law Changes In April 2026: Six Things HR Should Know

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

HR Briefing - January 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Macfarlanes LLP

The Pensions Brief: January 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

Employment Rights Act– What Does It Mean For Employers?

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Employment Rights Act 2025 – Key Points Employers Need To Know Now

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

In The Pipeline - December 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Banking Litigation Podcast Episode 58: Monthly Update – January/February 2026

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Episode 18: Massive Attack Helped Me Build A Multi-million Pound Business (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Alvarez & Marsal

Nottingham Attacks Inquiry Begins (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

X Marks The Spot: ICO And Ofcom Investigate Grok

United Kingdom Technology

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Macfarlanes LLP

Corporate Finance Soundbite: Mergerspresso - Episode 26: Stock Drop Claims (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Employment Rights Bill Ping Pong Continues, With The House Of Lords Rejecting The Government's Plans To Remove The Unfair Dismissal Compensation Cap

The House of Lords has this evening (10 December) rejected the government's amended unfair dismissal provisions in the Employment Rights Bill and sent the Bill back to the Commons once again (by 244 votes to 220).

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New HMRC Reward Scheme For Whistleblowers Introduced

The Government has introduced a new ‘strengthened reward scheme' to incentivise informants to report serious tax avoidance or evasion to HMRC.

United Kingdom Tax

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Macfarlanes LLP

Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) In Workplace Harassment And Discrimination Situations

Confidentiality clauses, or nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), have become a topic of significant interest because of how they can be used to prevent employees from reporting...

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Government Wants To Abolish The Cap On Unfair Dismissal Compensation: What Employers Need To Know

As we wrote about last week, the government has decided to step back from "day one" unfair dismissal protection and will instead set a six‑month qualifying period.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Government U-turns On Day One Unfair Dismissal Rights - But Adds Compensation Hike?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Whistleblowing Claims: The Detriment Of Dismissal

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Whistleblowing Detriment vs. Dismissal: The Court Of Appeal Gives Its Verdict

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Employment Law Bulletin - September 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Can I Bring A Detriment Claim Against The Dismissing Manager As Well As Against My Employer If I Have Been Fired For Whistleblowing?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

EAT Confirms HR Consultants Were Not Liable For Employer's Decision To Dismiss

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Employment Update November 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Insight Into Court Of Appeal Clarification On Employment Tribunal Jurisdiction Rules

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Workplace Sexual Harassment Law: What's Changed For Employers One Year On?

United Kingdom Employment

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Whistleblowing Protection And Liability Of Innocent Decision Makers

United Kingdom Employment

BJ

Browne Jacobson

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

Insight Into Court Of Appeal Clarification On Employment Tribunal Jurisdiction Rules

It has been a longstanding requirement that, save for in limited circumstances, prospective Employment Tribunal (ET) claimants must obtain an ACAS early conciliation (EC)...

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Workplace Sexual Harassment Law: What's Changed For Employers One Year On?

This week marks one year since a new legal duty landed on every employer's desk across the UK, changing how organisations must tackle sexual harassment at work.

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Whistleblowing Protection And Liability Of Innocent Decision Makers

In the case of Henderson v GCRM Ltd & Ors [2025] EAT 136, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether the Jhuti principle extends to detriment claims under section...

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

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

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

Public Matters: August 2025

In this article we make the case for a unified technology platform that is integrated and capable of operating across...

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

Whistleblowing Protection: Disclosures To External Investigators

Employees or workers raising concerns about wrongdoing are only protected from dismissal or being subjected to detriment if their disclosure is made to the person or persons...

United Kingdom Employment

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Browne Jacobson

EAT Rules That Whistleblowing To External Investigator Was Protected

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that whistleblowing disclosures may be protected where they are made to an external investigator appointed by the employer...

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Strike Down Of Strike Out Orders

Unreasonable behaviour by one side during Tribunal proceedings can be a source of great frustration. While the prospect of disposing of a claim at an early stage is attractive to many respondents...

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Eye On Economic Crime: Transformation Of The UK Fraud Prevention Landscape

United Kingdom Criminal

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Mayer Brown

UK FCA Plans For Tackling Non-financial Misconduct: Next Steps

United Kingdom Finance

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A&O Shearman

Employment Law Across The Globe: What's Happened And What's Coming Up?

Worldwide Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Analysis: Why Are Whistleblowers Important?

United Kingdom Employment

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NAVEX

Regional Whistleblowing & Incident Management Benchmark Report

United Kingdom Employment

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NAVEX

Employment Appeal Tribunal: External HR Consultants Can Be Personally Liable When Acting As Agents Of The Employer

United Kingdom Employment

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Devonshires

A Wind Of Change Is Blowing: The Office Of The Whistleblower Bill

United Kingdom Employment

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Devonshires

When Should Companies Self-report? The SFO's Recent Guidance Is Just One Piece Of A Larger Puzzle

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

The HS2 Company Pays Out £319,000 For Its Mistreatment Of A Whistleblower

United Kingdom Employment

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

Whistleblowing Job Applicants, Discrimination Outside Employment, And Liability For HR Consultants, Plus A News Roundup

United Kingdom Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Updates To Economic Crime Regulations: Enhancing Whistleblowing Procedures

United Kingdom Criminal

Capital Law

'Good Jobs' Proposals: Trade Union Reform In Northern Ireland – Could This Rebalance The Workplace?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The Dark Side Of Mishandled Whistleblowing

United Kingdom Employment

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Herrington Carmichael

The UK's New Whistleblower Reward Scheme: A Turning Point For Tax Accountability

United Kingdom Criminal

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NAVEX

How To Include Reports To Managers In Internal Reporting

European Union Employment

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NAVEX

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