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What does AI and technology mean for the employment sphere?

United Kingdom - November 15 2023 When we connect artificial intelligence (AI) and technology in the workplace, often one of the first things that springs to mind is robots replacing…

Amendments to Working Time Regulations and TUPE from January 2024

European Union, United Kingdom - November 9 2023 The government launched a consultation on retained EU law in May 2023 (Post-Brexit regulatory reform of employment law - Be Aware UK (dlapiper.com))…

Administrator - “officer of the company”? The risk of criminal liability under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

United Kingdom - November 7 2023 Insolvency practitioners will welcome the Supreme Court’s recent decision that an administrator of a company appointed under the Insolvency Act 1986…

Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act receives Royal Assent

United Kingdom - October 31 2023 The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 amends the Equality Act 2010 to introduce a new duty on employers to take reasonable…

Holiday pay: Supreme Court in Agnew increases employers’ potential liability for underpaid holiday pay

United Kingdom - October 4 2023 The Supreme Court has handed down judgment today in Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew and others. The…

UK immigration update: Increases to immigration fees

United Kingdom - September 18 2023 On 15 September 2023, the UK Government published changes to immigration fees that will come into effect on 4 October 2023…

High Court quashes Regulations permitting cover by agency workers during strikes

United Kingdom - July 17 2023 In July 2022, the Government changed the law to allow businesses impacted by industrial action to fill the roles of striking staff with temporary…

Post-Brexit regulatory reform of employment law

European Union, United Kingdom - May 15 2023 Following last week’s publication of its policy paper “Smarter regulation to grow the economy”, the Government has now published a consultation on…

Government publishes guidance on voluntary ethnicity pay reporting

United Kingdom - April 17 2023 Just over a year after the government confirmed that it would not introduce a legal requirement for employers to publish their ethnicity pay gaps, it…

Government rejects opportunity to make menopause a protected characteristic

United Kingdom - January 25 2023 In July 2022, the Women and Equalities Committee published a report making a number of recommendations for the further Protection of Individuals…