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Employment Rights Bill Consultations: Enhanced Dismissal Protections For Pregnant Women And New Mothers

The autumn wave of consultations related to the Employment Rights Bill has begun, with a consultation on enhancing dismissal protections for pregnant women and new mothers among the first four.

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Lewis Silkin

Getting Redundancy Right In Northern Ireland – Part 2: Navigating Collective Redundancies With Care

Redundancies in Northern Ireland are reaching their highest level in almost five years. Getting a collective redundancy process right has never been more important.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Law: Insights For In-house Counsel - Autumn 2025

The Government is expected to consult on the above measures over the next few months.

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

What's In The Employment Rights Bill?

Our latest dashboard breaks down what's in the Employment Rights Bill and what's not, showing how these reforms will transform employment law.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Collective Redundancies In The UK: HR1 Form Goes Digital

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Redundancy Explained - Lawful Procedures

United Kingdom Employment

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Giambrone & Partners

How Do I Know That My Redundancy Is Legitimate?

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didlaw

Redundancy Or Restructure? Employment Law Trip Hazards In Construction Layoffs

United Kingdom Employment

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Herrington Carmichael

In The Pipeline - September 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Thinking About Collective Redundancies? Watch Out For New Penalties And Uncertain Timings

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Rights Bill: What Don't We Know?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Share Incentive Plans (SIPs)

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Neurodivergence, Discrimination Comparators, Privileged Documents In The Wrong Hands, And A News Round-up

United Kingdom Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

TUPE Takeaways: Top Tips When Restructuring Your Business

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Fitness Giants Face Off: Strava Sues Garmin Over Segments And Heatmaps

United Kingdom IP

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Rouse

The Space: Mental Health And Wellbeing - Episode Two (Podcast)

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Gowling WLG

UK 20-Year Route To Settlement Explained | 20 Years UK Residence Visa (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

Navigating The EU Data Act: Key Obligations And A Spotlight On Switching Rights

United Kingdom Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Culture & Compliance Chronicles: Boardroom Agility—Strategies For Modern Boards Managing Crises, Compliance & Collective Responsibility (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Government Publishes Timetable For Implementing The Employment Rights Bill

The Government has set out a timetable or so-called "roadmap" for the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill (ERB). While the roadmap states that the Government is determined to implement...

United Kingdom Employment

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Fair Redundancy Requires Reasonable Efforts To Identify Alternative Employment For At Risk Employee

A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal has highlighted the need for employers to take a proactive approach to looking for alternative roles for at risk employees, to avoid a finding of unfair dismissal.

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What's In The Employment Rights Bill?

The Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October 2024. This introduced 28 significant reforms to a range of measures.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The Road Ahead For The UK Employment Rights Bill: Latest Developments And Next Steps

July has been busy month for the UK Employment Rights Bill (Bill). The Government has published an implementation roadmap for the ERB (Roadmap) and tabled significant amendments ahead of the Report Stage in the House of Lords.

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

Employment Update July 2025 (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Redundancy And Unfair Dismissal: Your Duty To Try And Find Alternative Employment

United Kingdom Employment

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Higgs LLP

ThinkHouse TUPE Club: Key Questions On A Service Provision Change (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

UK Employment Rights Bill: Key Dates For Consultation And Implementation Of The Bill

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

When Will The Employment Rights Bill Be Implemented?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Redundancy And Alternative Employment, Disability, Offensive Language, And A News Roundup

United Kingdom Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

UK Employment Appeal Tribunal Clarifies Employer Obligations In A Redundancy

United Kingdom Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

In Simple Terms & Numbers: The Latest Changes To Employment Law

United Kingdom Employment

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Square One

CIPD Labour Market Outlook: Spring 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

'Good Jobs Proposals': Family-Friendly Reforms In Northern Ireland: A New Era For Work-Life Balance?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

UK Employment Appeal Tribunal Clarifies Employer Obligations In A Redundancy

The United Kingdom's Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling in Hendy Group Ltd v Mr D Kennedy [2024] EAT 106 acts as a clear reminder to employers of their obligations when handling redundancies.

United Kingdom Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

In Simple Terms & Numbers: The Latest Changes To Employment Law

A number of key changes to employment law changes took place on 6 April 2025. These changes aim to enhance worker protections and adjust financial obligations for employers.

United Kingdom Employment

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Square One

CIPD Labour Market Outlook: Spring 2025

The latest CIPD Labour Market Outlook report shows that employer confidence has fallen again this quarter, with the net employment balance dropping to the lowest recorded outside the pandemic.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

'Good Jobs Proposals': Family-Friendly Reforms In Northern Ireland: A New Era For Work-Life Balance?

The Department for Economy has published its response to the ‘Good Jobs' Employment Rights Bill consultation which includes proposed reforms promising new ways...

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

'Good Jobs' Consultation Outcome Released: What May Be Changing In NI Employment Law?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Amendments To The Employment Rights Bill (And Other Recent Developments)

In October last year, the Employment Rights Bill (the Bill) was published by the Labour government, signalling the biggest overhaul of employment legislation in a generation. The Bill is currently making its way through...

United Kingdom Employment

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Progress Of The UK Employment Rights Bill: Amendments And Move To The House Of Lords

Spring has sprung in the UK, as has the Government, with a flurry of activity on the Employment Rights Bill (ERB). After the Government responded to the four consultations held at the end of 2024.

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

Neonatal Care Leave And Pay In Force From 6 April 2025 In Great Britain: Are You Prepared?

From 6 April 2025, employees in England, Wales and Scotland will be able to take up to 12 weeks' statutory neonatal care leave (paid, where eligible) if their child requires a week or more of neonatal care within 28.

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

Employment Rights Bill Unpacked: Collective Redundancies

Laws requiring employers to go through collective consultation and notify the government before making redundancies are in for a major shake-up under the Employment Rights Bill.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

What's In The Employment Rights Bill?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

The Employment Edit – Issue 10 – March 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Dechert

Amendments To The Employment Rights Bill

United Kingdom Employment

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Devonshires

Working Mothers: Workplace Travel Requirements Do Not Automatically Amount To Indirect Discrimination

United Kingdom Employment

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Employment Update - March 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Employment Rights Bill Amendments Published

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Maternity Leave And Pay

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Menopause And The Workplace

United Kingdom Employment

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Higgs LLP

UK Employment Rights Bill: What Employers Need To Know About The Proposed Changes To Collective Redundancies

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

CFO Dive: Meta, Microsoft, Workday Join Latest Wave Of Tech Layoffs

United Kingdom Employment

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AlixPartners

UK Employment Developments 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

Business As Usual? The Illusive Remedy Of Re-engagement In Unfair Dismissal Claims

United Kingdom Employment

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Employment Update - January 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Changing Terms And Conditions Of Employment

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

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Waterfront Solicitors LLP

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Gowling WLG

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