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Latest News in Employment UK

  • August 24, 2026

    Insurers Bid To Pull Petrofac Execs' Cover Before Bribery Trial

    Nine Lloyd's insurers are trying to avoid covering the criminal defense costs of two former Petrofac executives ahead of their bribery trial in October, arguing that the executives fraudulently misrepresented their alleged offenses when they bought directors' and officers' insurance.

  • August 24, 2026

    Ex-DLA Piper Employee's Harassment Claim Trial Set For 2028

    A former DLA Piper employee will have to wait until 2028 for her harassment and discrimination claim to be heard, a London employment judge said Monday.

  • August 24, 2026

    Pension Program Surpluses Need Flexibility, Trade Body Says

    Paying defined benefit pension scheme surpluses to employers must become more flexible, a retirement savings trade group has said, amid the U.K.'s plans to allow sufficiently robust programs to release cash.

  • August 24, 2026

    P&O Pays £94M To Merchant Navy Seafarer Pension Fund

    P&O Ferries has paid £94 million ($128 million) to the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund, a move the retirement savings plan said Monday would settle all historic contributions the ferry operating giant owed to the plan.

  • August 21, 2026

    Consultant Should Have Flagged VAT Fraud, UK Court Affirms

    A U.K. appeals court backed HM Revenue & Customs' denial of an information technology company's nearly £1.7 million ($2.3 million) value-added tax deduction, holding Friday that the company's consultant should have recognized fraudulent VAT evasion elsewhere in related supply chains.

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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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  • Employment lawyers at top law firms
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune Global 500+ companies
  • Human resources professionals
  • Trade unions
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
  • Policymakers at government agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the UK