Employment UK

  • August 20, 2025

    Ex-Meta Worker Can't Keep Job During Whistleblowing Claim

    A former product manager at Meta who says he was sacked for blowing the whistle on the technology giant allegedly inflating its advertising metrics failed to convince a tribunal on Wednesday to reinstate him pending his claim being determined.

  • August 20, 2025

    Manager Harassed For LinkedIn Post On Islamophobia

    A Muslim divisional manager has proved that the recruitment agency for which he works harassed him by forcing him to remove a LinkedIn post in which he replied to a message about Islamic grooming gangs or "face consequences."

  • August 20, 2025

    Marine Insurers Warned Of Legal Risks From Modern Slavery

    Insurers risk legal and reputational damage if they offer cover for shipping companies that rely on modern slavery in their business models, a trade body for the sector warned.

  • August 20, 2025

    Fewer Pension Plans Granting Inflation-Driven Increases

    Fewer U.K. pension plans are giving their members discretionary increases in retirement payments, with inflation lower and changes anticipated in how surpluses will be used, Aon PLC said Wednesday.

  • August 20, 2025

    Eversheds, LCP Guide £700M Pension Deal For Engineer ABB

    The British subsidiary of global electrical engineering giant ABB Group has agreed a full-scheme pension program buy-in worth £700 million ($945 million) with Aviva PLC, the insurer said Wednesday.

  • August 19, 2025

    Law Firms Silent As They Struggle To Close Partner Pay Gap

    Half of the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms don't report on gender pay gaps among their partners, despite calls for them to do so since the regime was established eight years ago.

  • August 19, 2025

    Court Upholds Ban On Education Charity Over Plagiarism

    A London court has upheld a decision by a company that awards qualifications to suspend an educational charity from delivering its qualifications for 10 years after the company found numerous cases of plagiarism in students' work.

  • August 19, 2025

    Athora, Brookfield Deals May Spur UK Pension Risk Appetite

    A wave of consolidation among life insurers may mean deeper pockets to meet demand in the pension risk transfer market, a broker said Tuesday.

  • August 19, 2025

    Recruiter's CEO Fired Over Clashes With Bosses Wins £111K

    An employment tribunal has ordered a healthcare recruiter to pay £111,663 ($151,000) to its former chief executive after admitting that it had unfairly dismissed him just two weeks before a liability hearing over poor financial performance.

  • August 19, 2025

    Ex-Vodka Co. Exec Can't Enforce £2M Payout In High Court

    A London court has ruled that a vodka company's former executive must restart his quest to cash in a £2 million ($2.7 million) tribunal payout after he breached "straightforward" rules by asking the wrong court to enforce the ruling.

  • August 19, 2025

    Pensions Watchdog Says £80M Returned To Scam Victims

    More than £80 million ($108 million) has been paid out to pension savers who fell victim to scams, after a landmark court victory paved the way for compensation, the U.K. retirement savings watchdog said Tuesday.

  • August 18, 2025

    Opaque Bonus Policies Widen Gender Pay Gap In Law Firms

    Opaque bonus processes and a tendency for women to specialize in lower-earning practices are hampering progress by law firms as they seek to close the more than 31% bonus pay-gap, experts say.

  • August 18, 2025

    Law360's 2025 UK Law Firm Gender Pay Gap Report

    Law360 has collected and analyzed the gender pay-gap reports from more than 100 top law firms in the U.K. and compiled that data into a new tool, revealing that male employees typically earned 26% more than their female colleagues in 2024. Check out our analysis of the findings in the coverage below.

  • August 18, 2025

    Asda Loses Bid To Stall Unionizing At UK Depots

    Asda Stores Ltd. lost its challenge on Monday to a bid by trade union GMB to form a collective bargaining unit at its depots, as an adjudicator ruled that the retail giant's concerns about manipulation of supporter numbers are immaterial.

  • August 18, 2025

    Diarra To Restart €65M Claim Against FIFA Transfer Rules

    French former professional football player Lassana Diarra said Monday that he will relaunch his €65 million ($75.8 million) claim against the game's world governing body and the Belgian association over allegedly unlawful and restrictive no-poaching agreements.

  • August 18, 2025

    Aviva Launches Flexible Annuity To Boost Retirement Control

    Aviva said Monday that it has launched a new retirement income program that pays a guaranteed amount over a fixed term to give clients more control over their pension savings.

  • August 18, 2025

    Companies Told To Prepare For New Fraud Prevention Law

    Large organizations must gear up for the new "failure to prevent fraud" offense that will come into force in a fortnight or prepare for an investigation, the Serious Fraud Office warned Monday.

  • August 18, 2025

    JB Drax Sues Exec Over Resignation In £400K Loan Dispute

    A derivatives broker has accused a sales executive of resigning in breach of a £400,000 ($542,000) loan agreement and exposing it to unfair competition because he had access to sensitive information.

  • August 18, 2025

    UK Launches State Pension Review Amid Aging Population

    The government launched its third review into the state pension age on Monday to determine how lawmakers should go about setting the age at which Britons receive retirement payments in the future.

  • August 18, 2025

    FCA Warns Of Consumer Risk In Pension Transfer Incentives

    The City watchdog is concerned about the use of financial incentives used to encourage Britons to transfer their pensions, as it published a sweeping review of the impact of anti-fraud rules on the retirement sector.

  • August 18, 2025

    Eversheds, Fieldfisher Guide Brother's £56M Pension Deal

    The European arm of global electronics giant Brother Industries Ltd. has agreed to a £56 million ($76 million) full pension program buy-in with Just Group PLC, the financial services company said on Monday.

  • August 17, 2025

    Women At UK Law Firms Earn 26% Less Than Men

    The U.K.'s highest-earning law firms are making fractional progress in closing the gender pay gap. In a new project, Law360 dives deep into what's behind the inequality at British firms — and what it will take to close the gap.

  • August 17, 2025

    Law360's 2025 Review Of Gender Pay Gaps At UK Law Firms

    The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms is 26% on average — but disparities within a single firm can vary from zero to more than 100%. Law360 has collected and analyzed gender pay-gap reports from over 100 firms and compiled that data into a new tool.

  • August 15, 2025

    Medical Union Loses Bid To Block NHS Changes

    A London judge denied a medical union's bid on Friday to stop the U.K.'s health department from implementing recommended changes to union members' jobs, ruling that the union had not met the test for relief before a full hearing.

  • August 15, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Transport for London hit with a procurement claim by the operator of Oyster card, while Mastercard and Visa face claims from the Rocco Forte Hotel Group, and Liverpool Football Club lobbed a claim against a security company.

Expert Analysis

  • Prepping For A Duty To Prevent Workplace Sexual Harassment

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    With the Worker Protection Act set to roll out this October, employers should anticipate their newly heightened positive obligation to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and begin updating their policies and addressing potential risk areas now, say Fiona McLellan and Rachael McKenzie at Hill Dickinson.

  • Employment Tribunal Fee Proposal Raises Potential Issues

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    The proposal to reintroduce employment tribunal fees in a recent U.K. government consultation poses serious concerns over the right of access to justice, and will only act as a deterrent for claimants and appellants, says Yulia Fedorenko at CM Murray.

  • Dissecting Recent Developments Against The Misuse Of NDAs

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    The U.K. government's recent plans to nullify nondisclosure agreements that prevent victims from reporting crimes should remind lawyers to proactively consider the necessity of such agreements, especially in light of the Solicitors Regulation Authority's warning notice on drafting improper NDAs, say Clare Davis and Macaela Joyes at RPC.

  • 3 Notable Pensions Reforms In Spring Budget

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    The U.K. government’s spring budget introduced reforms to improve pension outcomes through the value for money framework and the lifetime provider model, as well as to encourage investments in Britain — three interlinked areas that could pressure trustees and providers to rethink how they approach investments, say Liz Ramsaran and Marcus Fink at DWF.

  • Uber Payout Offers Employer Lessons On Mitigating Bias

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    Uber Eats' recent payout to a driver over allegations that the company's facial recognition software was discriminatory sheds light on bias in AI, and offers guidance for employers on how to avoid harming employees through the use of such technology, says Rachel Rigg at Fieldfisher.

  • Tracing The Effects Of Salary Hikes For Sponsored Workers

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    The government's new salary thresholds for sponsored workers herald substantial wage increases for the majority of occupations, introducing changes to the sponsorship landscape that disproportionately affect private sector employers, says Gary McIndoe at Latitude Law.

  • What To Know About Latest UK Employment Law Changes

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    As a range of employment law changes came into force this month, such as increased redundancy protections for pregnancy and new parents, employers should ensure compliance with the new requirements, including by providing training and updating internal policies, say lawyers at MoFo.

  • Opinion

    Employment Tribunal Fees Risk Reducing Access To Justice

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    Before the proposed fee regime for employment tribunal claims can take effect, the government needs much more evidence that low-income individuals — arguably the tribunal system's most important users — will not be negatively affected by the fees, says Max Winthrop, employment law committee chair at the Law Society.

  • Tribunal Cases Illustrate Balancing Act Of Anti-Bias Protection

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    Recent employment tribunal discrimination cases show employers the complexities of determining the scope of protected characteristics under the Equality Act, and responding proportionately, particularly when conflicts involve controversial beliefs that can trigger competing employee discrimination claims, say Michael Powner and Sophie Rothwell at Charles Russell.

  • Comparing The UK And EU Approaches To AI Regulation

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    While there are significant points of convergence between the recently published U.K. approach to artificial intelligence regulation and the EU AI Act, there is also notable divergence between them, and it appears that the U.K. will remain a less regulatory environment for AI in the foreseeable future, say lawyers at Steptoe.

  • Employer Lessons From Ruling On Prof's Anti-Zionist Views

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    In Miller v. University of Bristol, an employment tribunal recently ruled that a professor's anti-Zionist beliefs were protected by the Equality Act 2010, highlighting for employers why it’s important to carefully consider disciplinary actions related to an employee's political expressions, says Hina Belitz at Excello Law.

  • ECJ Ruling Clarifies Lawyer Independence Questions

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    The European Court of Justice's recent ruling in Bonnanwalt v. EU Intellectual Property Office, finding that a law firm had maintained independence despite being owned by its client, serves as a pivotal reference point to understanding the contours of legal representation before EU courts, say James Tumbridge and Benedict Sharrock-Harris at Venner Shipley.

  • How Employers Should Respond To Flexible Work Requests

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    U.K. employees will soon have the right to request flexible working arrangements from the first day of employment, including for religious observances, and refusing them without objective justification could expose employers to indirect discrimination claims and hurt companies’ diversity and inclusion efforts, says Jim Moore at Hamilton Nash.

  • What COVID Payout Ruling Means For Lockdown Loss Claims

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    While the High Court's recent COVID-19 payout decision in Gatwick v. Liberty Mutual, holding that pandemic-related regulations trigger prevention of access clauses, will likely lead to insurers accepting more business interruption claims, there are still evidentiary challenges and issues regarding policy limits and furlough, say Josianne El Antoury and Greg Lascelles at Covington.

  • Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents

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    Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.

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