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Latest News in Employment UK

  • March 13, 2026

    Team Leader To Pay For Comparing Worker's Hairdo To COVID

    A team leader has been ordered to pay compensation to a Nigerian agency worker for racial harassment after she compared the worker's hairstyle to COVID-19.

  • March 12, 2026

    Sainsbury's Ex-Manager Wins £12K Over 'Men's Day' Post Snub

    A tribunal has ordered Sainsbury's to pay a former store manager £11,900 ($15,900) for disability discrimination after it left him out of a LinkedIn post celebrating International Men's Day while he was on sick leave with anxiety.

  • March 12, 2026

    Mandelson's Payout Highlights Risk In High-Earners' Disputes

    It's unlikely Peter Mandelson would have won a claim for unfair dismissal from his role as Britain's ambassador to the U.S., lawyers say, but the government's decision to pay him £75,000 ($100,000) anyway highlights the potential for high-paid employees to force through expensive settlements.

  • March 12, 2026

    UK Personal Pension Transfer System 'Not Fit For Purpose'

    Policymakers should slash the statutory deadline for pension transfers from six months to 30 working days, a group of digital retirement savings platforms said Thursday, as they proposed several changes to a system they described as "not fit for purpose."

  • March 12, 2026

    Ex-Deutsche Bankers Suing For £600M Over Italian Probe

    Four former senior Deutsche Bank traders are suing the lender for upward of £600 million ($803 million) in London after they were convicted, but subsequently acquitted, of aiding false accounting and market manipulation in one of Italy's biggest financial scandals.

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Areas of Coverage

  • LITIGATION
  • U.K. employment tribunals, including the Employment Appeal Tribunal, including matters involving discrimination, wrongful dismissal, redundancy and whistleblowing
  • Cases in the High Court involving employment disputes such as breach of contract, employee poaching, noncompete clauses, theft of trade secrets or confidential information, employee classification, non-disclosure agreements and union activity
  • Disputes over pension schemes
  • Criminal enforcement actions brought by The Pensions Regulator, the Health and Safety Executive or against directors by The Insolvency Service
  • Any disputes relating to workers' rights stemming from Brexit between the EU and U.K.
  • HMRC enforcement efforts connected to employment income tax
  • AGENCIES
  • The Pensions Regulator
  • The Health and Safety Executive
  • Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
  • Equity and Human Rights Commission
  • The Director of Labour Market Enforcement
  • Acas (the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service)
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Agency actions and rulings
  • Gender pay gap reporting
  • Industrial action
  • Legislation or regulation governing employment rights, national minimum wage, employment relations, maternity and parental leave, agency work regulations, health and safety at work

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  • Employment lawyers at top law firms
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune Global 500+ companies
  • Human resources professionals
  • Trade unions
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
  • Policymakers at government agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the UK