Employment UK

  • November 04, 2024

    Ex-SNP Leader Alex Salmond Hit With New Sex Assault Claim

    Scottish police told Law360 on Monday that they have received a new allegation of sexual assault against Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland, less than a month after the 69-year-old died suddenly of a heart attack.

  • November 04, 2024

    Barings Solicitors Sent Claims For Mickey Mouse, SRA Says

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority has accused two senior lawyers at the consumer finance firm Barings Ltd. of misleading clients over their payday loans and sending out claim letters on behalf of fictional clients, including Mickey Mouse, in a London legal disciplinary tribunal Monday.

  • November 04, 2024

    Tesco Unit Unfairly Axed Staffer For Jibe In 'Lawless' Office

    A subsidiary of retail giant Tesco came down too harshly on a delivery driver when it fired him for insulting a colleague considering that the office had a "lawless" and "toxic" culture, a tribunal has ruled.

  • November 04, 2024

    'I'm Watching You' Comment Was Harassment, Tribunal Rules

    A cook at a Welsh community center has won her harassment and unfair dismissal claims after convincing a tribunal that her manager's comments about her second job and telling her he was "watching" her were discriminatory.

  • November 04, 2024

    Questions Loom Over World-First Pay Reporting Regulations

    A plan to require employers in Britain to report their ethnic and disability pay gaps would be a world first — but it is also fraught with data management challenges and uncertainty about how much it will actually improve pay equality, lawyers say.

  • November 01, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen two industry magnates take on the Gambling Commission, Ordinance Survey hit with a claim from a Swiss GPS maker, and China's largest oil company PetroChina face a claim from a Polish documentary maker. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • November 01, 2024

    Fired Supercar Salesman's 'Racist Banter' Kills Bias Claim

    A South African Lamborghini salesman has lost his race discrimination case, with a tribunal ruling that being insulted with reference to his nationality did not negatively affect him because it was "racist banter."

  • November 01, 2024

    Portfolio Manager Loses Sex Discrimination Claims

    A former senior manager at a London investment company has failed to convince a tribunal that she was excluded from meetings and faced sexist comments because she was a woman in a male-dominated workplace.

  • November 01, 2024

    Gov't Criticized For No Women's Pensions Redress In Budget

    The Labour government said Friday it does not know when it will begin compensating women affected by historic failings in their state pensions, after attracting criticism over the absence of a redress scheme in its inaugural budget earlier this week.

  • November 01, 2024

    FCA Warns Odey He 'Lacks Integrity' Over Misconduct Probe

    The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday that it has warned hedge fund boss Crispin Odey that it will take regulatory action against him after finding that he frustrated an internal probe into sexual misconduct allegations and showed a "lack of integrity."

  • November 01, 2024

    Boohoo Appoints Debenhams Boss As CEO, Snubs Frasers

    Fast fashion giant Boohoo Group PLC said Friday that it has handed a company insider the job of chief executive, resisting pressure from shareholder Frasers Group for retail tycoon Mike Ashley to take the position.

  • October 31, 2024

    Marketing Manager Loses Bias Case Over No-Notice Firing

    A marketing manager has lost her race and sex discrimination claims against business consulting firm CACI Ltd., with a tribunal ruling that she was not fired because she was Black or a woman.

  • October 31, 2024

    Reality TV Star Sacked For Going AWOL Loses Claim

    A former EE store manager who appeared on a Channel 4 reality dating show has lost his unfair dismissal claim after a tribunal found he breached EE's leave policy by taking a week off for filming without his manager's permission.

  • October 31, 2024

    HCR Steers £7M Pension Deal For Engineering Co.

    Research equipment maker Armfield Ltd. has offloaded £7 million ($9 million) of pension liabilities to insurer Just Group PLC, an adviser said Thursday, in a deal guided by HCR Hewitson.

  • October 31, 2024

    Belkin Execs Dodge Injunction In UPC Clash With Philips

    Belkin has paused a Unified Patent Court injunction tying its directors' hands amid a ruling that it infringed a Philips wireless charging patent, proving that the order wrongly pinned responsibility on its executives.

  • October 31, 2024

    Reeves To Face MPs As Budget Enters Approval Process

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to be grilled by senior MPs on Nov. 6 after she presented the Labour government's first Budget for 14 years, which features a £40 billion ($52 billion) tax package that has raised concerns of new pressure on businesses and retirement savers.

  • October 31, 2024

    Gov't Transfers £1.5B To Former Miners' Pension Scheme

    The government unveiled on Thursday a transfer of £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) to pensions belonging to 112,000 former mine workers, resulting in a 32% increase in their annual pension payouts and undoing an "historic injustice."

  • October 30, 2024

    What Employers Should Know About The Budget

    A hike in employers' National Insurance contributions announced in Wednesday's Budget is forecast to lower workers' wages — and businesses have warned that this will dampen hiring and prompt employers to turn to AI. Here Law360 looks at what employers need to know about Labour's first Budget in 14 years.

  • October 30, 2024

    MoJ Gets £1.9B Funding Boost In First Labour Budget

    The Labour government announced an additional £1.9 billion ($2.47 billion) funding for the Ministry of Justice in its first Budget statement on Wednesday, coupled with millions of pounds more for criminal prosecutors and fraud investigators.

  • October 30, 2024

    Pension Pros Say Shutting Inheritance Tax Loophole Overdue

    Retirement industry professionals said Wednesday that the budget announcement by the U.K. government that it would remove a loophole that allowed the transfer of more than £1 million ($1.3 million) of inherited pension wealth without paying inheritance tax was overdue.

  • October 30, 2024

    Disabled Barclays Worker Wins Harassment Claim

    An employment judge has upheld two complaints by a former Barclays employee who said she was prevented from doing her job because of her painful bone condition, as the tribunal that agreed her manager's comments amounted to harassment.

  • October 30, 2024

    Mortgage Adviser Not Unfairly Sacked Over Fraud Fears

    A mortgage adviser who was sacked over concerns that he might have committed fraud by providing false information to lenders and insurers has lost his claim of unfair dismissal, as a tribunal ruled that his employer's decision to fire him was reasonable.

  • October 30, 2024

    Labour Gov't Unveils £40B Tax Boost In First Budget

    A £40 billion ($52 billion) tax package unveiled on Wednesday by Britain's new Labour government targets business and investors and aims to plug fiscal gaps with plans including higher levies on payrolls and capital gains.

  • October 29, 2024

    Carer Refused Leave To Self-Isolate During COVID Wins £22K

    A disabled individual must pay £22,064 ($28,665) for firing a personal carer who left her without assistance after discovering that she might be infected with COVID-19, an employment tribunal has ruled.

  • October 29, 2024

    UK Minimum Wage To Rise By 6.7%, Treasury Says

    Three million British workers are due to receive a pay rise as Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a 6.7% increase to the nation's minimum wage on Tuesday.

Expert Analysis

  • 2 Highlights From Labour's Notable Employment Rights Bill

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    The Labour government’s recently unveiled Employment Rights Bill marks the start of a generational shift in U.K. employment law, and its updates to unfair dismissal rights and restrictions on fire-and-rehire tactics are of particular note, say lawyers at Covington.

  • Complying With Growing EU Supply Chain Mandates

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    A significant volume of recent European Union legislative developments demonstrate a focus on supply chain transparency, so organizations must remain vigilant about potential human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chain and make a plan to mitigate compliance risks, say lawyers at Weil.

  • HMRC Transfer Pricing Guide A Vital Resource For Businesses

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    HM Revenue & Customs' recent guidelines on common transfer pricing compliance risks should be required reading for affected businesses in indicating HMRC's expected benchmark for documents and policies, say Tomoko Ikawa and Kapisha Vyas at Simmons & Simmons.

  • What Updated Guide Means For Jersey's Private Funds

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    The Jersey Financial Services Commission's recent updates to the Jersey Private Fund Guide clarify existing provisions and introduce new requirements for fund managers, service providers and investors, demonstrating a clear commitment to maintaining Jersey's reputation as an attractive jurisdiction for investment, say lawyers at Walkers Global.

  • Employer Lessons In Preventing Unlawful Positive Action

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    A recent Employment Tribunal decision that three white police officers had been subjected to unlawful race discrimination when a minority detective sergeant was promoted demonstrates that organizations should undertake a balancing approach when implementing positive action in the workplace, says Chris Hadrill at Redmans Solicitors.

  • A Close Look At Labour Party's Worker Reform Plans

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    The U.K. Labour government has proposed significant employee rights reforms that suggest a careful approach to balancing business operations alongside increasing worker rights, though certain industries may struggle to adjust to changes to zero-hour contracts, and an extended claims window could strain employment tribunals' workload, say Nick Hurley and Isaac Bate at Charles Russell.

  • UK Judgment Could Change Anti-Money Laundering Regimes

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    After the Court of Appeal of England and Wales' determination that criminal property remains criminal property in the hands of its purchaser even if purchased at market value, many businesses could face a new or heightened risk of prosecution for criminality in their supply chains and related money laundering offenses, say lawyers at Macfarlanes.

  • What To Expect From Labour's Pension Schemes Bill

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    The Labour government’s recently announced Pension Schemes Bill, outlining key policy areas affecting the retirement savings sector, represents a positive step forward for both defined contribution scheme members and defined benefit superfunds, but there are some missing features, says Sonya Fraser at Arc Pensions.

  • What UK Workers' Rights May Look Like Under Labour

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    It is clear from the recent King's Speech that the new Labour government has set itself an ambitious pro-worker agenda, with the intent of overhauling employment laws and upgrading workers' rights, say lawyers at Cleary.

  • Irish Businesses Should Act Now To Prepare For EU AI Act

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    Artificial intelligence is increasingly transforming the Irish job market, and proactive engagement with the forthcoming European Union AI Act, a significant shift in the regulatory landscape for Irish businesses, will be essential for Irish businesses to responsibly harness AI’s advantages and to maintain legal compliance, say lawyers at Pinsent Masons.

  • Takeaways From World Uyghur Congress Forced Labor Ruling

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    The Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in the World Uyghur Congress' case against the National Crime Agency confirms that companies dealing in goods that they suspect to be products of forced labor are potentially liable to criminal prosecution, presenting significant legal risks that cannot always be mitigated through conducting supply chain due diligence, say lawyers at King & Spalding.

  • Don't Wing Settlements: Lessons From Morley's TM Ruling

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    In Morley's v. Sivakumar, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court recently found that a fast-food franchiser had breached a fried chicken franchise's trademark rights, despite a prior settlement agreement, offering lessons on drafting express terms to ensure IP protection, say Nessa Khandaker and Clare Cornell at Finnegan.

  • Key Takeaways From Proposed EU Anticorruption Directive

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    The European Commission's anticorruption proposal, on which the EU Council recently adopted a position, will substantially alter the landscape of corporate compliance and liability across the EU, so companies will need to undertake rigorous revisions of their compliance frameworks to align with the directive's demands, say lawyers at Linklaters.

  • Decoding Plans To Simplify The Transfer Of Undertakings Law

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    The prior Conservative government's proposed reforms to the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations to simplify processes protecting employee rights have generally been welcomed, but the fact that Labour is now in power casts significant doubt on whether they will be pursued, says Robert Forsyth at Michelmores.

  • Employer Lessons From Teacher's Menopause Bias Win

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    A Scottish employment tribunal’s recent decision to award a teacher over £60,000 ($77,829) for unfair dismissal is a reminder that menopausal symptoms can amount to a disability, and together with potentially stronger measures from the new Labour government, should prompt all employers to implement effective menopause support policies, say Ellie Gelder and Kelly Thomson at RPC.

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