Worldwide: Contract of Employment

The UK Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces significant enforcement changes, including the creation of the Fair Work Agency with broad investigatory powers, extended tribunal claim windows, and enhanced record-keeping requirements. Employers face a new compliance landscape with stronger regulatory oversight and potential penalties for non-compliance.

For many horse owners, managing their own yard is a long-held ambition. Equestrian property, however, combines the complexity of a residential purchase with rural land law, planning regulation, specialist finance...

Non-compete clauses have come under increasing scrutiny by policymakers and competition authorities worldwide. This article examines the complex economics behind these employment restrictions, exploring when they may hinder competition and innovation versus when they protect legitimate employer investments in training. Through the lens of human capital theory, it analyzes whether blanket bans or more nuanced, market-specific approaches better balance worker mobility with employer incentives.

As the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims shortens to six months from January 2027, employers must fundamentally rethink how they structure and manage probationary periods.

The government has published its consultation on proposed regulations to prevent the misuse of non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace harassment and discrimination.

This comprehensive employment law update examines critical developments reshaping workplace regulations, from mandatory pay equality reporting and action plans across Europe and the UK to expanded third-party harassment liability and new trade union access rights. The analysis explores how upcoming legislative changes will fundamentally alter employment contracts, settlement agreements, and employer obligations from 2026 through 2027.

The Times reports that more than fifty police officers and civilian staff have been dismissed over the past three years for faking home-working when they are otherwise engaged – in the gym, on the golf course and similar.

The UK Government has published its response to consultation on trade union workplace access rights and launched a new consultation on a draft Code of Practice.

Nearly 400 employers have been failing to pay the National Minimum Wage in findings published by the Government recently.