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- Date:
- 30 July 2025
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Shantha David, head of legal services at UNISON, joins the podcast to talk about the impact of the Employment Rights Bill on trade union rights, fire and rehire practices and more.
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- Date:
- 28 July 2025
- Type:
- News
The TUC has today (Monday) told Conservative and Liberal Democrat peers in the House of Lords to 'stop trying to block' stronger rights for millions of workers.
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- Date:
- 18 July 2025
- Type:
- News
The House of Lords has voted for an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill that would replace day-one unfair dismissal rights with a six-month qualifying period.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with a reference to Hendy Group Ltd v Kennedy, which addressed the issue of suitable alternative employment and unfair dismissal.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect proposed reforms to redundancy protections and collective redundancy obligations under the "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill consultation in Northern Ireland.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide illustrates when a contract of employment can be terminated by mutual consent, whereby the employer and employee come to a mutual agreement to end the employment relationship or frustrated, whereby an unforeseen event - typically the employee's prolonged ill health, the employee's death, or a lengthy imprisonment - disrupts the performance of the contract of employment.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide describes the potentially fair reason for dismissal due to a contravention of a statutory duty or restriction (sometimes referred to as a "statutory bar" dismissal). The dismissal of an employee may be fair if they are unable to continue working without contravening a duty or restriction (either on their part or that of their employer) imposed by legislation (such as a driving disqualification for an employee whose duties involve driving).
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide explains conduct, which is one of the potentially fair reasons for dismissal in an unfair dismissal claim. An unfair dismissal claim involving misconduct generally revolves around whether the decision to dismiss fell within the range of reasonable responses and the employer followed a fair procedure in line with the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures".
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide breaks down "some other substantial reason" for dismissal, which is one of five potentially fair reasons capable of justifying dismissal. Examples of situations that can, depending on the circumstances, fall within this potentially fair reason for dismissal include third-party pressure to dismiss, personality clashes, and reputational damage.
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- Date:
- 28 May 2025
- Type:
- News
An IT director who insisted on working from home for an important meeting was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.