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Latest News in Employment UK

  • July 07, 2026

    Hotel Wins Redo Of Payout To Chef Harassed By Lewd Song

    A hotel and its manager won an appeal Tuesday to recalculate the compensation owed to a chef who was sexually harassed, with a judge ruling a tribunal should have considered any benefits the chef might have been eligible for.

  • July 07, 2026

    HMRC Admits New State Pension Tax Errors Over 4 Years

    The government has said that it has accidently overtaxed millions of Britons for their state pension income over four years, but said the tax ministry was working to ensure the error would not be repeated.

  • July 07, 2026

    Capita Apologizes For Civil Service Pension Failures

    Capita PLC said Tuesday that its handling of the Civil Service Pension Scheme was "not good enough" after the government withheld £9.9 million ($13.2 million) in payments under its contract to administer the program, citing missed performance targets and service failures.

  • July 06, 2026

    Employment Tribunal Staff Gain Broader Judicial Powers

    Britain's employment tribunals have expanded the judicial functions that legal officers can carry out under the supervision of an employment judge as the system continues to grapple with rising numbers of claims.

  • July 06, 2026

    UK Lifeboat Fund Paid Out £267M In Compensation In 2025

    Britain's financial services lifeboat fund has said it paid out £267 million ($365.7 million) in compensation to more than 14,000 customers affected by companies failing in the last financial year.

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Areas of Coverage

  • LITIGATION
  • U.K. employment tribunals, including the Employment Appeal Tribunal, including matters involving discrimination, wrongful dismissal, redundancy and whistleblowing
  • Cases in the High Court involving employment disputes such as breach of contract, employee poaching, noncompete clauses, theft of trade secrets or confidential information, employee classification, non-disclosure agreements and union activity
  • Disputes over pension schemes
  • Criminal enforcement actions brought by The Pensions Regulator, the Health and Safety Executive or against directors by The Insolvency Service
  • Any disputes relating to workers' rights stemming from Brexit between the EU and U.K.
  • HMRC enforcement efforts connected to employment income tax
  • AGENCIES
  • The Pensions Regulator
  • The Health and Safety Executive
  • Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
  • Equity and Human Rights Commission
  • The Director of Labour Market Enforcement
  • Acas (the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service)
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Agency actions and rulings
  • Gender pay gap reporting
  • Industrial action
  • Legislation or regulation governing employment rights, national minimum wage, employment relations, maternity and parental leave, agency work regulations, health and safety at work

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  • Human resources professionals
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  • Judges and court staff across the UK