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October 15, 2025
Trans Activists Refer UK To Europe's Human Rights Court
Two transgender rights groups have referred the U.K. to the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that a ruling by the country's top court on the definition of sex revealed that Britain has failed to uphold transgender people's human rights.
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October 15, 2025
Minister And Watchdog Spar Over Equality Law Update Delay
The equalities watchdog hit out at a government minister on Wednesday over her delay in approving a proposed update to official guidance on anti-discrimination law after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled on the legal definition of a woman.
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October 15, 2025
Pension Run-On Could Generate Millions For UK Businesses
Businesses could see a multimillion-pound boost from allowing their pension schemes to continue generating investment returns rather than rushing into offloading liabilities to an insurer, a consultancy said Wednesday.
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October 15, 2025
Axiom Ince Staffer Wins £21K For Unfair Dismissal
A former executive assistant at Axiom Ince is entitled to claim more than £21,000 ($28,060) in compensation, a tribunal has ruled, as it said that the law firm breached his employment contract by firing him without giving him three months' notice.
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October 15, 2025
Lloyds OK To Reject Staffer's Request For 3-Day Workweek
A tribunal has ruled that Lloyds Bank did not act unreasonably when it refused an employee's request to compress her hours into longer shifts across fewer days.
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October 15, 2025
Welsh Broadcaster S4C Settles Dispute With Ex-CEO
The former chief executive of Welsh language television channel S4C has settled her dispute with the broadcaster after it cut her loose in 2023 amid allegations of bullying.
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October 15, 2025
Capita Fined £14M For Cyber-Failures In Pensions Breach
The data watchdog said on Wednesday that it has fined outsourcing company Capita £14 million ($18.7 million) for failures in holding personal data security during a cyberattack in 2023 in which the information of 6.6 million people was stolen.
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October 14, 2025
Ex-Mishcon De Reya Partner Can't Save Whistleblowing Claim
A former partner at Mishcon de Reya LLP has failed to revive his whistleblowing claim, as a London tribunal ruled there was no prospect of overturning its earlier decision that the claim could not be brought under British employment law.
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October 14, 2025
Nurses To Battle NHS Over Trans Changing Room Policy
Eight nurses are set to fight a National Health Service trust at trial over an alleged requirement to share female-only changing rooms with a biologically male colleague identifying as a woman, an evangelical advocacy group said Tuesday.
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October 14, 2025
UK To Hike Foreign Worker Sponsorship Fees By 32%
The U.K. government on Tuesday announced a 32% increase in the fees that employers must pay to sponsor skilled foreign workers, marking the first increase in the levy since 2017.
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October 14, 2025
UK Eyes Widening Access To Local Gov't Pension
Policymakers have proposed widening access to the Local Government Pension Scheme for councilors and mayors in England in a move that would align the country with others in Britain.
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October 14, 2025
Most DB Pension Funds To Shun UK Growth Assets This Year
Pension bosses in the £1.4 trillion ($1.8 trillion) defined benefit pension sector are unlikely to put money into U.K. growth assets over the next year, a survey found Tuesday, despite government efforts to galvanize parts of the industry into domestic investment.
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October 14, 2025
Ex-Blair Adviser To Chair UK's New Fair Work Agency
Matthew Taylor, former policy adviser to Tony Blair, has been appointed to lead the U.K.'s new labor rights watchdog, the government announced on Tuesday.
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October 13, 2025
Taxi Operators Lose Bid For Employee Status At Dormant Biz
An employment tribunal has dismissed claims of unfair dismissal and missed redundancy payments brought by a group of former taxi dispatch and telephone operators, ruling that most of them were self-employed.
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October 13, 2025
Pensions Watchdog Warns Small Schemes Over New Law
The U.K.'s pensions watchdog said Monday that smaller schemes aren't doing enough to prepare for new rules requiring them to offer ready-made retirement options to savers.
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October 13, 2025
Execs Win Costs After 'Sustained Dishonesty' By Design Biz
An international design studio must pay the full costs of two of its former directors who successfully sued for unfair dismissal, as a tribunal ruled that the costs order reflects the "serious" and "sustained" dishonesty shown by the company throughout the case.
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October 13, 2025
Hamlins Pro Faces SDT For Contempt Threat Against Reporter
The solicitors' regulator accused a Hamlins LLP partner at a London tribunal on Monday of improperly threatening to bring contempt proceedings against a journalist in a case over alleged corruption.
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October 13, 2025
Gregg Wallace Says BBC Caused Distress With Data Breach
Former "MasterChef" presenter Gregg Wallace has accused the BBC of causing distress and harassment by failing to comply with two requests for access to his personal data that the broadcaster holds on file.
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October 13, 2025
Gov't Will Be Forced To Answer Calls For 'Pension Tax Lock'
The government must now respond formally to calls for a "pension tax lock," an investment manager said Monday, after more than 14,000 people signed a petition to Parliament.
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October 13, 2025
Pensions Body Renews Qualifications To Boost UK Standards
The Pensions Management Institute said on Monday it has revamped its qualifications package to drive up industry standards in what it called an increasingly complex retirement savings landscape.
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October 10, 2025
Tesco Can't Rely On Expert Economist In Equal Pay Dispute
Tesco cannot get an expert economist to weigh in on market labor conditions in a long-running equal pay case against thousands of employees, after an appellate panel found that it would be "a recipe for chaos."
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October 10, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Paddington Bear's creators and Studio Canal sue the company behind Spitting Image, Blackpool Football Club's former owner Owen Oyston bring a fresh claim against the club, and Mishcon de Reya sue a Saudi investment group.
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October 10, 2025
FCA Pension Support Plan Could Boost Mutual Insurers
Proposals by the Financial Conduct Authority to allow businesses to offer "targeted support" to groups of similar customers could help mutual insurers better steer their members toward improved long-term savings, Broadstone has said.
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October 10, 2025
UK Council Faces Equal Pay Claim Over Early Finish Policy
An English local authority is facing equal pay claims worth millions of pounds from more than 1,000 employees over a policy that allows workers in roles predominantly occupied by men to clock off early.
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October 10, 2025
Morrisons Pushes Back On Retail Workers' Equal Pay Suit
British retail giant Morrisons has pushed back against another set of equal pay claims brought by former retail employees, arguing that they weren't carrying out work of equal value to staff at its distribution centers.
Expert Analysis
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5 Ways To Address The Legal Risks Of Employee AI Use
Employees’ use of unauthorized artificial intelligence tools has become a regulatory issue, and in-house legal counsel are best placed to close the gap between governance controls and innovation, mitigating the risk of organizations' exposure to noncompliance with European Union and U.K. data protection requirements, say lawyers at MoFo.
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How Cos. Can Straddle US-UK Split On Work Misconduct, DEI
With U.K. regulators ordering employers to do more to prevent nonfinancial misconduct and discrimination, and President Donald Trump ordering the rollback of similar American protections, global organizations should prioritize establishing consistent workplace conduct frameworks to help balance their compliance obligations across the diverging jurisdictions, say lawyers at WilmerHale.
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Return-To-Office Policy Considerations For UK Employers
As the Financial Conduct Authority reviews its hybrid working policy and other organizations increasingly require employees to return to the office, employers should weigh the costs and benefits of these decisions while considering the nuances of work-from-home rights in the U.K., say lawyers at Shoosmiths.
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FCA Misconduct Guide Will Expand Firms' Duty To Investigate
The Financial Conduct Authority's recent proposals on workplace nonfinancial misconduct will place a greater onus on compliance and investigations teams, clarifying that the question to ascertain is whether the behavior is justifiable and proportionate, say lawyers at Ashurst.
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SRA Ruling Raises Issue Of Jurisdiction Over Private Conduct
The recent Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruling, suspending a former Orrick associate after determining that a criminal offense of nonconsensual touching had occurred, serves as a cautionary tale that the regulator's jurisdiction may extend into private social settings, even where no abuse of power is proven, says Nick Brett at Brett Wilson.
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Challenges Law Firms Face In Recruiting Competitor Teams
Since the movement of lawyer teams from a competitor can bring legal considerations and commercial risks into play, both the target and recruiting firms should be familiar with the relevant limited liability partnership deed to protect their business, say lawyers at Fox & Partners.
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7 Ways Employers Can Avoid Labor Friction Over AI
As artificial intelligence use in the workplace emerges as a key labor relations topic in the U.S. and Europe, employers looking to reduce reputational risk and prevent costly disputes should consider proactive strategies to engage with unions, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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3 Changes To Note In Upcoming Employment Law Reforms
The forthcoming Employment Rights and Equality Bills, with complex family rights, flexible work and sexual harassment protection reforms, present unique challenges that make it essential for companies to embed these new legal duties in both practice and documentation, say lawyers at Linklaters.
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What Cos. Must Note From EU's Delivery Hero-Glovo Ruling
The European Commission’s recent landmark decision in Delivery Hero-Glovo, sanctioning companies for the first time over a stand-alone no-poach cartel agreement, underscores the potential antitrust risks of horizontal cross-ownership between competitors, say lawyers at McDermott.
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Immigration Reforms Require Immediate Employer Attention
The recent U.K. government white paper on immigration practices could reshape how international recruitment is planned, funded and managed, and employers reliant on overseas talent should get ahead of changes now, including via pipeline reviews and accelerated sponsorship, say lawyers at Morgan Lewis.
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Court Backing Of FCA Pensions Ruling Sends Key Message
The Upper Tribunal’s recent upholding of the Financial Conduct Authority's decisions against CFP Management directors serves as a judicial endorsement of the regulator’s approach to defined benefit transfers, underscoring that where the advisory model is fundamentally flawed, the consequences for those in control can be severe, say lawyers at RPC.
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Pension Schemes Bill's Most Notable, Controversial Measures
The long-awaited Pension Schemes Bill recently introduced to Parliament creates a framework for harnessing money saved in U.K. workplace pension funds to grow the country’s economy, but provisions relating to local government pension scheme investment, and scale and asset allocation, are controversial, says Claire Dimmock at Squire Patton.
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Whistleblower Rewards May Soon Materialize In UK
Recent government and Serious Fraud Office announcements indicate that the U.K.’s long-standing aversion to rewarding whistleblowers is reversing, underlining the importance for organizations to consider managing misconduct risk and prepare for a potentially significant uptick in tipoffs, says Tom Grodecki at Cadwalader.
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US Diversity Policies Present Challenges To UK And EU Cos.
Following President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders calling for increased scrutiny of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, it is clear that global businesses operating in the U.K. and European Union will need to understand regional nuances to successfully navigate differing agendas on either side of the Atlantic, say lawyers at Jenner & Block.
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What Age Bias Ruling Means For Law Firm Retirement Policies
The recent employment tribunal age discrimination decision in Scott v. Walker Morris demonstrates that while law firms may implement mandatory retirement schemes, the policy must pursue a legitimate aim via proportionate means to pass the objective justification test, says Chris Hadrill at Redmans Solicitors.