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Latest News in Employment UK

  • February 13, 2026

    Ombudsman Criticizes Gov't Over WASPI Response Missteps

    The parliamentary ombudsman said she stands by findings of "maladministration" at the Department for Work and Pensions, despite the government ruling out a compensation scheme for women who lost out due to a change to the state pension age.

  • February 13, 2026

    Record £7.4B Paid To Pension Annuities In 2025, ABI Says

    Savers in the U.K. paid £7.4 billion ($10.1 billion) into individual pension annuities in 2025, marking the highest annual level since legislative changes in 2014, the Association of British Insurers has said.

  • February 13, 2026

    Media Execs Claim Firing Was For Exposing Ad Overcharges

    Two fired executives of a regional newspaper publisher have denied they must repay the company more than £900,000 ($1.2 million) in compensation, claiming they were wrongly forced out of the company for blowing the whistle on the fraudulent overcharging of advertisers.

  • February 13, 2026

    Trans Individuals Lose Challenge To Single-Sex Toilet Rules

    A group of transgender and intersex individuals lost their legal challenge Friday to the equality watchdog's interim guidance about which toilets trans people can use in public issued after a U.K. Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

  • February 13, 2026

    Capita 'Overwhelmed' By Civil Service Pension Case Backlog

    Outsourcing giant Capita has admitted to a parliamentary committee that it was "overwhelmed" by the scale of the backlog it inherited after taking over administration of the civil service pension scheme, which is struggling with delays in payments to retirees.

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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