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- Date:
- 17 December 2025
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- Commentary and insights
Conducting right to work checks can be a complicated business, with requirements varying depending on factors such as an employee's immigration status, nationality and start date, and mistakes proving increasingly costly as a result of a Government crackdown on illegal working.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect the publication of the Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2025, coming into force on 16 December 2025.
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- Type:
- How to
Updated to reflect the increase to the immigration skills charge from 16 December 2025.
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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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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The level of English language ability required for foreign nationals under the skilled worker route rises from level B1 to level B2.
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- Date:
- 14 October 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
With the Employment Rights Act 2025 set to reduce the qualifying period for protection against unfair dismissal to six months, probationary practices are going to come under increasing scrutiny. Our research shows that probation fails less often from weak policies and more from managers lacking the support and training to apply one effectively - a weakness organisations are reluctant to address.
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- Date:
- 29 September 2025
- Type:
- News
UK prime minister Keir Starmer has confirmed the government will introduce digital IDs to ensure the UK's 'borders are more secure'.
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- Date:
- 19 September 2025
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
This webinar provides essential guidance on conducting right to work checks and common pitfalls. It also considers how the proposed expansion of right to work checks to cover workers and self-employed contractors will impact employers.
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- Date:
- 17 September 2025
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, looks at three recent tribunal cases relating to probationary periods, and discusses the upcoming introduction of a day-one right to claim unfair dismissal.
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- Date:
- 9 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
With the Employment Rights Bill set to strengthen day-one rights, probationary periods are under greater scrutiny. We explore how organisations are responding and reflect on the challenges they face in making probation both fair and effective.