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Latest News in Employment UK

  • June 23, 2026

    UK Pushes Ahead With Codes On New Union Rights

    The U.K. government said Tuesday that it will introduce regulations outlawing all punishments imposed on workers for taking part in union activities and finally allow voting through text as part of a sweeping bill that is soon coming into force.

  • June 23, 2026

    KC Fights Disbarment Over Oxford Medical Degree Lie

    A former King's Counsel barrister argued Tuesday that a disciplinary tribunal was wrong to disbar him for falsely claiming he studied at the University of Oxford in an application for tenancy, telling a London court that the sanction was disproportionately severe.

  • June 23, 2026

    Construction Exec Can't Get Out Of 9-Month Noncompete

    A London judge has ordered a senior executive at a construction firm to cease work immediately, ruling that she was in breach of a contract that barred her joining a rival business for nine months.

  • June 23, 2026

    Ex-Barclays Worker Can Appeal Over Judge's Alleged Insult

    A former Barclays community banker won leave Tuesday to appeal against a tribunal's findings that she was not discriminated against in disputes over her place of work, as she claimed the judge in the case called her "delusional."

  • June 23, 2026

    Gupta's Steel Biz Auditor Sanctioned Over 'Egregious' Failings

    The U.K. accounting watchdog said Tuesday that it has fined and banned a tiny accounting firm, finding "widespread deficiencies" in its audit work on the accounts of several companies in Sanjeev Gupta's metals empire.

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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
  • Trade unions
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  • Policymakers at government agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the UK