Employment UK

  • August 04, 2025

    Serco Must Pay £750K To 147 Staff For Trade Union Breaches

    A tribunal has ordered Serco to pay 147 immigration center workers more than £750,000 ($997,000) in total after it ruled that the public services contractor breached trade union laws by making a pay offer directly to staff.

  • August 04, 2025

    Pool Federation Defeats Trans Player's Challenge To Ban

    A transgender pool player has lost her case that a ban on her playing in women's teams and competitions is discriminatory, one of the first tests of the U.K. Supreme Court's watershed ruling on the legal definition of a woman.

  • August 04, 2025

    FIFA Faces Multibillion-Dollar Action Over Transfer Rules

    FIFA is facing a potentially multibillion-dollar class action on behalf of approximately 100,000 footballers across the European Union and the U.K. over its allegedly unlawful and restrictive no-poaching agreements that have been in place since 2002, a Dutch foundation revealed Monday.

  • August 04, 2025

    Half Of Britons Clueless On Pension Investment Performance

    More than half of U.K. pension savers do not know how their retirement pots are performing, Hargreaves Lansdown said Monday.

  • August 04, 2025

    Pensions Dashboards Could Ease UK Inheritance Tax 'Chaos'

    The government could use new online retirement savings portals to ease the expected chaos around introducing inheritance tax on pension wealth, a professional services company said Monday.

  • August 04, 2025

    Accountancy Boss Denies Siphoning Funds During Exit Talks

    A businessman accused of wrongly extracting at least £850,000 ($1.1 million) from an accountancy has denied this was a conspiracy to harm the firm and claimed he was taking out money he considered at the time that he and his wife were owed.

  • August 04, 2025

    Venues Biz Beats Axed Staffer's Appeal To Use Leaked Emails

    An appeals judge has blocked the former employee of a venue operator from using leaked emails between the company and its lawyer to support her tribunal claim, ruling that the correspondence was legally privileged.

  • August 01, 2025

    Spacey Claims No Memory Of Actor In Old Vic Assault Case

    Kevin Spacey has denied sexually assaulting British actor Ruari Cannon during a 2013 production at the Old Vic theater, telling a London court he has "no recollection of ever meeting" Cannon.

  • August 01, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Latham

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. announce megamerger plans, Palo Alto Networks acquires identity security company CyberArk, Brookfield buys British life insurer Just Group, and Duke Energy sells its Piedmont Natural Gas Tennessee local distribution business to Spire Inc.

  • August 01, 2025

    Barclays Adviser Wrongly Fired Over Sexual Remarks

    A former Barclays employee was unfairly dismissed for making sexual comments to female colleagues, but he could have been fairly dismissed for the same conduct, according to a Glasgow tribunal ruling.

  • August 01, 2025

    Unvaxxed Care Workers Lose Bid To Sue Gov't Over Firings

    More than a hundred unvaccinated care home workers fired during the COVID-19 pandemic have failed to convince an appellate tribunal that they should be able to sue the government for discrimination alongside their former employers.

  • August 01, 2025

    Pension Watchdog Warns Trustees On 'Systemic' Climate Risk

    Britain's retirement saving's watchdog has urged pension scheme trustees to treat climate change as a core financial risk, as the regulator looks to set up an industry working group to work on a practical approach to environment-related matters.

  • August 01, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen several telco giants hit with a trademark claim, a collapsed hotel company sue a property investor in an ongoing dispute over a decades-old hotel sale, and two litigation funders square off against each other.

  • August 01, 2025

    Barrister Fails To Overturn Disbarment For Sexual Misconduct

    A former barrister has lost his bid to challenge his disbarment for sexual misconduct, with a court ruling that a tribunal was entitled to find that a lighter sentence would be inappropriate given his repeated offenses and lack of insight.

  • July 31, 2025

    Equality Watchdog Gets New Chair Amid Trans Controversy

    The government appointed a controversial new chair to the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Thursday, despite accusations she had endorsed gender-critical views, as the commission fights a challenge to the legality of its guidance on toilet use for trans people.

  • July 31, 2025

    West Ham Star Cleared Of Spot-Fixing Matches

    The Football Association said Thursday that an independent panel has cleared West Ham United player Lucas Paquetá of four spot-fixing charges linked to allegations that he had deliberately received yellow cards in four Premier League matches.

  • July 31, 2025

    Tesco Wins Partial Victory Over Tribunal Errors On Equal Pay

    Tesco won part of its bid on Thursday to challenge a tribunal's findings about what constitutes equal work, as an appellate judge agreed that the panel had made mistakes in its comparison of female and male employees' roles.

  • July 31, 2025

    Ex-GSK Lawyer Drops Probe Case After Losing Bid For Docs

    A former lawyer for GSK has abandoned his claim that he was forced to quit by an unfair investigation into his alleged misconduct at a work event after an employment tribunal dismissed his bid to force greater disclosure from the pharmaceutical giant.

  • July 31, 2025

    Pensions Ombudsman Says Caseload Is Outpacing Funding

    The Pensions Ombudsman said that its funding has failed to keep pace with the rising caseload of complaints, forcing it to look at artificial intelligence to help reduce waiting times.

  • July 31, 2025

    Tax Breaks On Pension Contributions Rise to £52.1B

    The total cost of pensions tax breaks has risen by £2.4 billion ($3.2 billion), government figures revealed Thursday, amid speculation about a raid by HM Treasury in the next Budget.

  • July 31, 2025

    A&O Shearman Guides Brookfield On £2.4B Just Group Buy

    Investment giant Brookfield said Thursday that it plans to buy Just Group, a British life insurer, for £2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) in a deal steered by A&O Shearman and Slaughter and May.

  • July 30, 2025

    Ambulance Staff Fight For Stipend Cut Due To Pregnancy

    Three paramedics are suing their employer for maternity discrimination over a ban on front-line work while pregnant that they say has trimmed their pay.

  • July 30, 2025

    Disputes Grow Amid Rising Recognition Of Mental Disabilities

    Law firm Nockolds said Wednesday that more than one in six workplace disputes arise over claims of disability discrimination as conditions such as stress, depression and menopause are increasingly recognized as disabilities.

  • July 30, 2025

    Trans Individuals Challenge EHRC Workplace Toilet Rules

    A group of transgender and intersex individuals told the High Court on Wednesday that guidance issued by the equalities watchdog following the U.K. Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of a woman breaches their human rights.

  • July 30, 2025

    Sky Apologizes For Defaming Met Police Chief Superintendent

    Sky Ltd. apologized on Wednesday for harming the reputation of a chief superintendent with the Metropolitan Police by publishing an article that falsely alleged that he had committed professional misconduct by using public money to facilitate sexual encounters with female colleagues.

Expert Analysis

  • Socioeconomic Data Shows Diversity Needed In Legal Sector

    Author Photo

    U.K. solicitors come from the highest socioeconomic backgrounds compared with the wider workforce, and with the case for a greater focus on diversity and inclusion stronger in law than in any other sector, now is the time to challenge the status quo decisions that affect equality and representation, says Nik Miller at the Bridge Group.

  • How Employers Can Support Neurodiversity In The Workplace

    Author Photo

    A recent run of cases emphasize employers' duties to make reasonable adjustments for neurodiverse employees under the Equalities Act, illustrating the importance of investing in staff education and listening to neurodivergent workers to improve recruitment, retention and productivity in the workplace, say Anna Henderson and Tim Leaver at Herbert Smith.

  • Retained EU Law Act Puts Employment Rights Into Question

    Author Photo

    The recent announcement that the equal pay for equal work provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU would not be repealed by the U.K. Retained EU Law Act has created uncertainty as to whether key employment rights will be vulnerable to challenge, say Nick Marshall and Louise Mason at Linklaters.

  • Employers Can Expect More Emphasis On Work Culture Regs

    Author Photo

    The U.K. government has recently backed a package of employment legislation, including an act that granted the right to request a predictable working pattern, reflecting an increased understanding of how workplace culture feeds into hiring decisions and the ability to retain employees, says Christopher Hitchins at Katten.

  • Employer Due Diligence Lessons From Share Scheme Case

    Author Photo

    The Scottish Court of Session recently confirmed in Ponticelli v. Gallagher that the right to participate in a share incentive plan transfers to the transferee, highlighting the importance for transferee employers to conduct comprehensive due diligence when acquiring workforce, including on arrangements outside the employment contract's scope, say lawyers at McDermott.

  • How Insurance Policies Can Cover Generative AI Risks

    Author Photo

    As concerns rise about the new risks that businesses face as a result of generative artificial intelligence tools, such as AI-facilitated hacking and intellectual property infringement, policyholders should look to existing insurance policies to cover losses or damages, says Josianne El Antoury at Covington.

  • 'Right To Disconnect' On The Rise Amid Remote Work Shift

    Author Photo

    Amid the recent shift to remote work, countries are increasingly establishing regulatory frameworks supporting employees' rights to disconnect, which brings advantages for both companies and their workers, say Stefano de Luca Tamajo and Camilla De Simone at Toffoletto De Luca.

  • Balancing DEI Data Collection And Employee Privacy Rights

    Author Photo

    Despite an increased focus on developing inclusive workplace culture, recent research shows that discrimination remains pervasive in the U.K., highlighting the importance for employers to think carefully about what diversity data is needed to address existing inequalities, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • How A Proposed Bill Could Change Workplace Bullying Law

    Author Photo

    If the U.K. government adopts the recently proposed Bullying and Respect at Work Bill, victims of bullying in any workplace would have the right to claim separately and specifically for bullying, as opposed to relying on the other claims currently available, so a key challenge will be how bullying is defined within the legislation, says Ranjit Dhindsa at Fieldfisher.

  • Employers Should Prepare For UK Immigration Changes

    Author Photo

    In light of the U.K. government's recent proposal to raise civil penalties for illegal working breaches and toughen visa sponsorship rules, employers should ensure they have foolproof systems for carrying out compliance checks and retaining specified documentation, says Annabel Mace at Squire Patton.

  • Pension Plan Amendment Power Lessons From BBC Ruling

    Author Photo

    The High Court's recent ruling in BBC v. BBC Pension Trust upheld an unusually restrictive fetter on the pension scheme's amendment power, which highlights how fetters can vary in degrees of protection and the importance of carefully considering any restriction, says Maxwell Ballad at Freeths.

  • What To Know About The EU Residency Scheme Changes

    Author Photo

    The U.K. government recently announced extensions to residency status under the EU Settlement Scheme, which is a net positive for U.K.-EU relations and will be welcomed by those affected, including employers concerned about losing employees with expired permission, say Claire Nilson and Abilio Jaribu at Faegre Drinker.

  • FCA Consumer Duty May Pose Enforcement Challenges

    Author Photo

    The new U.K. Financial Conduct Authority consumer duty sets higher standards of customer protection and transparency for financial services firms, but given the myriad products available across the sector, policing the regulations is going to be a challenging task, says Alessio Ianiello at Keller Postman.

  • Employer Strategies For Fixing Motherhood Pay Gap

    Author Photo

    Armed with an understanding of new research from The Fawcett Society covering the impact of motherhood on the pay and economic engagement of different ethnic groups, there are a number of tools employers can leverage to reduce the pay gap, say Simon Kerr-Davis and Kloe Halls at Linklaters.

  • How The UK Visa Scheme Expansion May Plug Labor Gaps

    Author Photo

    Amid ongoing labor shortages, the U.K. government's proposed expansion of the youth mobility scheme could address gaps in the retail and hospitality sectors by freeing employers of the cost and bureaucracy associated with sponsorship, says Katie Newbury at Kingsley Napley.

Want to publish in Law360?


Submit an idea

Have a news tip?


Contact us here
Can't find the article you're looking for? Click here to search the Employment UK archive.