Welcome to our monthly newsletter, with a summary of the latest news and developments in UK employment law. Our December 2024 update looks at the latest proposed employment law reforms, including plans to extend the time limits for bringing ET claims to six months, as well as details of a n...
Our August update considers the employment law impact of the Labour government’s landslide victory on 4 July in the UK general election, as well as updates on the new statutory code on fire and rehire practices, and the draft guidance on the upcoming duty on employers to prevent sexual haras...
UK signs first legally-binding international treaty on AI risks.On 5 September, theUK signeda new legally binding international treaty governing the safe use of AI. The treaty aims to safeguard human rights, democracy, and the rule of law against the potential threats posed by AI. The t...
In October 2023, the White House issued anExecutive Orderon the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of AI. Though not itself a law, the Order created a new White House AI Council and tasked the Department of Labor with ensuring AI is not used to conduct surveillance on its wo...
SRA updates warning notice on NDAs.On 6 August 2024 the SRA updated itswarning noticeon the use of NDAs. The majority of changes are fairly minor, and include slight wording changes and re-ordering the existing content. However a new section "Improving how you deal with NDAs" has...
A combination of Brexit and COVID-19 meant that as far as significant employment law developments are concerned, there has been a hiatus in recent years. This has all changed, however, in the last 12 months, in which time the UK Government has passed a high number of new pieces of emplo...
Now that Spring has sprung, early April 2024 sees the introduction of a number of important changes to employment laws in the UK. In summary, these include: Expansion of the existing right to request flexible working New rules for the calculation of holiday and holiday pay entitlement for irreg...
Employment Law Update Is the Utah Legislative Session Over Yet? The 2024 legislative session has been a whirlwind for Utah employers but will conclude on March 1, 2024. Our next newsletter will provide an update of all the laws that were passed that affect Utah employers. Here is a summary ...
Our updates on UK employment law: the new Labour government’s plans to increase worker protections; a tribunal decision upholding an employee’s waiver of unknown future claims; and new guidance on preventing workplace sexual harassment.
How to keep up with employment law in the UK? We expect there to be more changes coming for employment law in the next few months as the new governmental policies and legislation take shape. Our Employment team is at the forefront of these changes, challenges and opportunities that will affe...