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- Date:
- 28 November 2025
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- News
The government will reduce the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from two years to six months, dropping Labour's longstanding manifesto commitment in the Employment Rights Bill to make it a day-one right.
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- Type:
- Editor's choice
We have launched two new topics covering Northern Irish employment law and Scottish employment law, to help our users with locations there to keep track of any differences in legislation.
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- Date:
- 13 November 2025
- Type:
- News
Far from being a casualty of 'woke' culture wars, inclusive hiring practices are in fact more popular than ever with employers, research has suggested.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide sets out the differences between the law on termination of employment in Scotland compared with the rest of Great Britain (England and Wales).
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide sets out the differences between the law on redundancy in Scotland compared with the rest of Great Britain (England and Wales).
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with reference to Betancourt v UK Research & Innovation, which clarified that compensation for wrongful dismissal does not cover losses beyond the notice period.
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- Date:
- 22 October 2025
- Type:
- Editor's choice
Available to all HR & Compliance Centre and Benchmarking - HR Metrics customers, the new benchmarker spreadsheets allow you to generate tailored insights for your organisation and see how you compare to other organisations on key metrics, from pay awards to holiday entitlement.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to refer to Brooks v Leisure Employment Services Ltd, in which the EAT considered if engaging in a grievance procedure affirms the contract of employment.
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- Date:
- 18 September 2025
- Type:
- News
MPs have rejected amendments to the Employment Rights Bill tabled by the House of Lords, which the government said would have weakened the Bill, including watering down the day one right to protection from unfair dismissal and limiting those able to benefit from the ban on 'exploitative' zero hours contracts.
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- Date:
- 20 August 2025
- Type:
- News
A shift leader who worked at JD Wetherspoon for 22 years has won his claim for unfair dismissal after he was sacked without notice for mistakenly giving 50% staff discount to a colleague.