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July 10, 2025
BoE Head Bailey Opposes Gov't Pension Investment Mandate
The governor of the Bank of England has said he disagrees with the idea of requiring pension funds by law to invest in U.K. assets, in an intervention that experts say could have a knock-on effect for flagship legislation for the sector.
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July 09, 2025
Recruiter To Pay £188K To Director Fired Over Brain Injury
An employment tribunal has ordered a recruitment company to pay £187,585 ($254,800) to a former staffer it fired because it found his health issues too difficult to manage, after he suffered a life-altering brain injury caused by a heart attack.
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July 09, 2025
Gov't Urged To Review State Pension As Cost Estimates Rise
The government should launch a review into whether to maintain the state pension triple lock, experts suggested, after it emerged that the cost of maintaining the policy will increase to more than £15.5 billion ($21.1 billion) a year by 2030.
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July 09, 2025
British Airways Pensions Biz Unfairly Sacked Investment Exec
An employment tribunal has ruled that British Airways' pensions unit botched an investigation into a senior investment specialist over a confidential email he sent to himself during a workplace restructuring dispute, even though the employee was partly responsible for his ultimate dismissal.
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July 09, 2025
Authorities Urged To Stagger Local Gov't Pension Fixes
The U.K. government should stagger the raft of proposed fixes to the Local Government Pension Scheme so as not to overwhelm administrators, Hymans Robertson has warned, calling for expectations to be realistic.
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July 09, 2025
Taxi Drivers Win Challenge Over 'Oppressive' Data Request
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has sided with a group of more than 500 gig economy drivers and reduced the amount of data they must hand over in their pay dispute with taxi company Veezu.
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July 09, 2025
CMS Guides Utmost On 4 Pension Deals Worth £177M
Utmost Life and Pensions said on Wednesday that it has penned four retirement savings deals worth £177 million ($240 million) since the start of 2025.
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July 08, 2025
Post Office Blamed For Adversarial Stance To Scandal Claims
The Post Office and its advisers adopted an "unnecessarily adversarial attitude" to those seeking financial redress for the Horizon IT scandal, according to the first findings published Tuesday by the public inquiry into what has been labeled the worst miscarriage of justice in U.K. modern history.
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July 08, 2025
MoJ Staffer Wins £29K Over Refusal Of WFH Requests
The Ministry of Justice has agreed to pay £29,100 ($39,500) to an administrative officer after admitting that its refusal to let her work from home during bouts of migraine was discriminatory.
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July 08, 2025
Ex-BofA Exec Sues For Bias Over Workplace Affair Fallout
A former Merrill Lynch director has failed to keep his name out of tribunal proceedings against the bank in his claim alleging he was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against following a workplace relationship that ended in acrimony.
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July 08, 2025
Ban On Misconduct NDAs Throws Settlements Into Question
The government's proposal to void nondisclosure agreements covering alleged harassment and discrimination at work will discourage employers from settling claims, putting more pressure on tribunals and early conciliation services.
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July 08, 2025
Ryanair Loses Appeal Over Ex-Pilot's Agency Worker Status
A London appeals court rejected Ryanair's latest attempt on Tuesday to block a claim from a former contracted pilot for equal treatment with directly employed pilots, upholding a ruling that he held agency worker status at the airline.
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July 08, 2025
Tech Firm Says Ex-VP Was Not Employee In £2.5M Claim
A technology company has hit back at a £2.5 million ($3.4 million) claim brought by its former chief product officer, denying that it ever employed the executive and insisting she was never promised a stake in the business.
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July 07, 2025
UK To Offer Miscarriage Leave After Late Addition To Bill
Workers who suffer pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will be granted new rights to time off under a long-anticipated amendment to the Employment Rights Bill, the U.K. government announced Monday, in a move some lawyers say doesn't address major gaps.
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July 07, 2025
GlobalData Says Exec's £797K Case 'Not David And Goliath'
GlobalData told a London court on Monday that a former director's claim that the business owes him £797,000 ($1.1 million) for refusing to let him exercise share options was not a case of "David and Goliath."
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July 07, 2025
IP Software Manager Wins £77K After Botched Transfer
A tribunal has ruled that a software company specializing in intellectual property portfolios must compensate a London-based employee more than £77,000 ($105,000), ruling that the business had failed to offer an explanation for why she was sacked.
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July 07, 2025
Pension Regulator Teams With Industry On Net-Zero Transition
The Pensions Regulator said Monday it will work with workplace pension schemes and financial advisers to develop a format for occupational pension schemes to develop voluntary transition plans in line with the government's aim to reach net-zero by 2050.
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July 07, 2025
'Gender Critical' Cop Loses Case Over Trans Activist's Talk
An employment tribunal has dismissed claims from a detective constable that a police force harassed her for believing that sex is binary by inviting a prominent trans activist to speak at a trans visibility event.
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July 07, 2025
Opera House Faces £350K Libel Claim Over Settlement Breach
A writer and former fundraising executive has brought a legal claim against an English opera house and Loch Employment Law, alleging that both sides breached a legal settlement by repeating damaging allegations in a later court filing.
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July 07, 2025
Actuaries Warn Over Safeguards In Pension Surplus Rules
Most consulting actuaries do not believe that there should be a level at which pension plan trustees are required to release surplus funds tied up in their plans, in line with measures announced by the government, a trade body said Monday.
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July 07, 2025
Gov't Pension Reforms Could Add £29K To Workers' Savings
Millions of U.K. savers on average salaries could see their pension pots rise by up to £29,000 ($39,400) by their retirement date once proposed reforms that aim to "revolutionize" the sector are enacted, the government revealed on Monday.
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July 04, 2025
Car Auction Biz Loses Appeal Of Drivers' Worker Status
An appellate tribunal ruled Friday that more than 420 drivers for a car auctioneer counted as workers under U.K. law, rejecting arguments that a previous court had ignored evidence when it decided that a substitution clause was bogus.
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July 04, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen the owner of Crystal Palace and the troubled Olympique Lyonnais football clubs sue its current chief executive John Textor, Fieldfisher faces a claim by Georgian businessman Zaza Okusahvili, and a dispute partner at Travers Smith file a personal injury claim against the firm.
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July 04, 2025
Axiom Staffer Can't Boost Award After Dismissal Claims Win
An employment tribunal has rejected an attempt by a member of Axiom's staff to boost her award after the firm failed to carry out a redundancy consultation before mass dismissals, ruling that her application for reconsideration was "misconceived."
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July 04, 2025
Ankle Tag Investors Deny £320M Conspiracy With Sacked CEO
Investors in a company which makes ankle tags have denied a £320 million ($437 million) claim that they conspired with the business's ousted chief executive to unlawfully profit from share sales.