Employment UK

  • June 19, 2025

    Clear Group Expands UK Reach With Insurance Broker Buy

    Insurance broker Clear Group said Thursday that it has acquired CR Toogood & Co. Ltd., a commercial insurance broker based in the southeast of England, as the group strengthens its footprint in the region.

  • June 19, 2025

    Private Schools Face Tough Choices On Teachers' Pensions

    Independent schools in the U.K. should weigh whether the "generous" benefits of the Teachers' Pension Scheme risk redundancies and pay cuts, a financial consultancy warned on Thursday.

  • June 19, 2025

    Royal Mail Must Rehire Postman Fired Over Parking Row

    A tribunal has ordered Royal Mail to rehire a postman and pay him £66,000 ($88,600) after it unfairly sacked him over what bosses felt was "violent" behavior during a parking dispute with a colleague.

  • June 19, 2025

    Pension Trustees Told To Act Now On Incoming Reforms

    Pension plan trustees should act now to ensure they are prepared for recently announced reforms that will "fundamentally reshape" the market, according to Britain's retirement savings watchdog.

  • June 18, 2025

    Ex-Council Staffer Loses Claim Over Alleged Forced Vaccines

    An employment tribunal has ruled a former staffer for the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council wasn't fired for blowing the whistle on employees being forced to get COVID-19 jabs, saying the option was always voluntary.

  • June 18, 2025

    William Hill Must Pay £68K To Exec Fired For Alleged Assault

    An employment tribunal has ordered William Hill to pay £68,065 ($91,547) to an advertising executive it unfairly fired over a sexual harassment complaint, ruling that the betting giant ignored evidence showing he never put his fingers in a colleague's mouth. 

  • June 18, 2025

    Intesa Sanpaolo Staffer Loses Bid For Reinstatement

    An employee on secondment in London from Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has lost his bid to be reinstated until his hearing for unfair dismissal, with an employment tribunal finding he is unlikely to win his substantive case and therefore not entitled to reinstatement in the interim.

  • June 18, 2025

    Tesco Fights Ruling On Workers' Equal Pay Claim

    Retail giant Tesco urged the Employment Appeal Tribunal to overturn findings in an ongoing equal pay-claim brought against it by female employees, saying a lower tribunal was wrong to use generic training materials and job descriptions in assessing whether certain roles are of equal value.

  • June 18, 2025

    Over 1M Gig Workers 'Can't Afford' To Save For A Pension

    More than a million "gig" workers in the U.K. cannot afford to save into a pension, a retirement savings company has said, amid growing fears that younger and more precarious workers will not have adequate savings in later life.

  • June 18, 2025

    UK Unions Push For Max Workplace Temp Amid Heat Wave

    The Trades Union Congress has urged the government to introduce legislation that will require employees to leave their desks if indoor temperatures reach 30 degrees Celsius and provide sun protection, cold water and other cooling measures amid the "hottest summer ever."

  • June 17, 2025

    Ex-Capital Bank Exec Can't Revive Unfair Dismissal Claim

    A Manchester bank's former chief commercial officer failed to revive an unfair dismissal claim on Tuesday, when appellate officials ruled that she couldn't extend the three-month time limit by using days before the clock started running on her firing date.

  • June 17, 2025

    Ex-Triton Exec Beats Post-Brexit Appeal To Nix Bias Claim

    An appellate tribunal has upheld a ruling that Brexit did not curtail the ability of a former Triton Partners investment adviser to bring discrimination claims against the Swedish private equity firm's executives, allowing him to pursue his claim in the U.K.

  • June 17, 2025

    Ex-Steel Exec Fights £574K Debt, Claims Unlawful Firing

    The former managing director of a British steel supplier has denied that he had to pay back £574,237 ($775,471) as part of a "transaction bonus," asking a London judge to reinstate him even as he claimed the firm ignored his bullying concerns.

  • June 17, 2025

    Gov't Urged To Fix Civil Service Pension Failures

    The government has not effectively held to account the administrator of the £189 billion ($255 billion) Civil Service pension plan for failing to meet historic performance targets, Britain's public spending watchdog has said, urging policymakers to learn from the failures.

  • June 17, 2025

    Profits Surge 29% At Manchester Firm With Four-Day Week

    A Manchester law firm said Tuesday that it has adopted a permanent four-day working week for all staff after a nine-month trial delivered what it described as "phenomenal results," including a 22% rise in productivity.

  • June 17, 2025

    HMRC Challenges Tax Treatment Of Partnership Awards

    HM Revenue & Customs told the U.K. Supreme Court on Tuesday that partnership awards allocated to a corporate entity and then distributed to partners should be taxed as if they were allocated to individual members.

  • June 17, 2025

    CMS Guides 'Landmark' £55M Pension Superfund Deal

    Britain's only defined benefit superfund said Tuesday that it has taken on £55 million ($75 million) in assets from a plan sponsored by a Christian missionary society, in a deal steered by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.

  • June 16, 2025

    Birketts Launches Employment Support Service, Resolve

    Birketts LLP said Monday that it has launched a new service to provide holistic employment support to clients under one roof as workplace challenges become increasingly complex.

  • June 16, 2025

    Taxi Payment Business Accuses Ex-Director Of Copying App

    A company providing card payment services to taxi drivers has accused a former director of breaching his duties and infringing its copyright by poaching senior developers to set up a rival payment system. 

  • June 16, 2025

    Ousted Food Biz Exec Wins Claim Over Cousin's Spying

    An employment tribunal has upheld a former food company director's claim that his cousin, a co-director of the family-run business, subjected him to covert surveillance, poor communication and deliberate exclusion that forced his resignation.

  • June 16, 2025

    Pension Bill Could Unlock £600B Market For Superfunds

    Reforms floated by the government to the U.K.'s nascent superfund regime could widen access to the new type of consolidation vehicle to around half of all defined benefit schemes, representing around £600 billion ($816 billion) of assets, a consultancy said Monday.

  • June 16, 2025

    Just Group Secures £7M Pension Deal For Insolvent Builder

    Just Group PLC said Monday that it has taken on £7 million ($9.5 million) of pension scheme liabilities of insolvent construction company The McGregor Construction (Highlands) Ltd. Pension Plan in a deal guided by CMS.

  • June 16, 2025

    Norwich FC Staffer Unfairly Sacked Over Russell Brand Jokes

    A former Norwich City Football Club steward was unfairly dismissed for sharing with a senior staffer potentially sexist and racist memes about politicians Diane Abbott and Nicola Sturgeon that referenced allegations against comedian Russell Brand, according to an employment tribunal ruling published Monday. 

  • June 16, 2025

    Hymans Robertson Launches Service For Small Pension Deals

    Hymans Robertson has launched a service it said would support smaller pension schemes with around £150 million ($204 million) or less in assets as they look to offload their liabilities to insurers.

  • June 13, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen Tottenham Hotspur FC kick off against Manchester United co-owner Ineos Automotive following a soured sponsorship deal, Acer and Nokia clash over patents for video coding technology, and two investors reignite litigation against the founders of an AI exercise bike business that unlawfully pocketed $1.2 million in investments to fund their own lifestyles. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

Expert Analysis

  • Tracing The History Of LGBTQ+ Rights In The Workplace

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    Pride History month is a timely reminder of how recent developments have shaped LGBTQ+ employees' rights in the workplace today, and what employers can do to ensure that employees are protected from discrimination, including creating safe workplace cultures and promoting allyship, say Caitlin Farrar and Jessica Bennett at Farrer.

  • Ruling In FCA Case Offers Tips On Flexible Work Requests

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    In Wilson v. Financial Conduct Authority, the Employment Tribunal recently found that the regulator's rejection of a remote work request was justified, highlighting for employers factors that affect flexible work request outcomes, while emphasizing that individual inquiries should be considered on the specific facts, say Frances Rollin, Ella Tunnell and Kerry Garcia at Stevens & Bolton.

  • Breaking Down The New UK Pension Funding Regs

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    Recently published U.K. pension regulations, proposing major changes to funding and investing in defined benefit pension schemes, raise implementation considerations for trustees, including the importance of the employer covenant, say Charles Magoffin and Elizabeth Bullock at Freshfields.

  • Pension Scheme Ruling Elucidates Conversion Issues

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    In Newell Trustees v. Newell Rubbermaid UK Services, the High Court recently upheld a pension plan's conversion of final salary benefits to money purchase benefits, a welcome conclusion that considered several notable issues, such as how to construe pension deeds and when contracts made outside scheme rules can determine benefits, say Ian Gordon and Jamie Barnett at Gowling.

  • Workplace Bullying Bill Implications For Employers And Execs

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    In light of the upcoming parliamentary debate on the Bullying and Respect at Work Bill, organizations should consider how a statutory definition of "workplace bullying" could increase employee complaints and how senior executives would be implicated if the bill becomes law, says Sophie Rothwell at Charles Russell.

  • Amazon's €32M Data Protection Fine Acts As Employer Caveat

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    The recent decision by French data privacy regulator CNIL to fine Amazon for excessive surveillance of its workers opens up a raft of potential employment law, data protection and breach of contract issues, and offers a clear warning that companies need coherent justification for monitoring employees, say Robert Smedley and William Richmond-Coggan at Freeths.

  • Employers Can 'Waive' Goodbye To Unknown Future Claims

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    The Scottish Court of Session's recent decision in Bathgate v. Technip Singapore, holding that unknown future claims in a qualifying settlement agreement can be waived, offers employers the possibility of achieving a clean break when terminating employees and provides practitioners with much-needed guidance on how future cases might be dealt with in court, says Natasha Nichols at Farrer & Co.

  • Why Investment In Battery Supply Chain Is Important For UK

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    The recently published U.K. battery strategy sets out the government’s vision for a globally competitive battery supply chain, and it is critical that the U.K. secures investment to maximize opportunities for economic prosperity and net-zero transition, say lawyers at Watson Farley & Williams.

  • Ruling Elucidates Tensions In Assessing Employee Disability

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    An employment tribunal's recent decision, maintaining that dermatitis was not a disability, but stress was, illustrates tensions in the interaction between statutory guidance on reasonable behavior modifications and Equality Act measures, says Suzanne Nulty at Weightmans.

  • ECJ Ruling Triggers Reconsiderations Of Using AI In Hiring

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    A recent European Court of Justice ruling, clarifying that the General Data Protection Regulation could apply to decisions made by artificial intelligence, serves as a warning to employers, as the use of AI in recruitment may lead to more discrimination claims, say Dino Wilkinson and James Major at Clyde & Co.

  • Supreme Court Ruling Is A Gift To Insolvency Practitioners

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    As corporate criminal liability is in sharp focus, the Supreme Court's recent decision in Palmer v. Northern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court that administrators are not company officers and should not be held liable under U.K. labor law is instructive in focusing on the substance and not merely the title of a person's role within a company, say lawyers at Greenberg Traurig.

  • More Remains To Be Done To Achieve Gender Parity In Law

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    Significant strides have been made over the years to improve gender diversity in the legal profession, but the pay gap, lack of workplace flexibility and uneven child care burden remain significant challenges to progress, says Caroline Green at Browne Jacobson.

  • Key Employer Lessons From 2023 Neurodiversity Case Uptick

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    The rise in neurodiversity cases in U.K. employment tribunals last year emphasizes the growing need for robust occupational health support, and that employers must acknowledge and adjust for individuals with disabilities in their workplaces to ensure compliance and foster a neurodiverse-friendly work environment, says Emily Cox at Womble Bond.

  • Pension Industry Should Monitor Evolving ESG Issues In 2024

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    ESG thinking in the pensions industry has substantially evolved from focusing on climate change and net-zero to including nature and social considerations, and formalizing governance processes — illustrating that, in 2024, continually monitoring ESG issues sits squarely within trustee fiduciary duties, says Liz Ramsaran at DWF.

  • 5 Key UK Employment Law Developments From 2023

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    Key employment law issues in 2023 suggest that topics such as trade union recognition for collective bargaining in the gig economy, industrial action and menopause discrimination will be at the top of the agenda for employers and employees in 2024, say Merrill April and Anaya Price at CM Murray.

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