Employment UK

  • July 03, 2025

    London Law Firm To Pay Ex-Staffer £64K In Lost Earnings

    A London employment tribunal has ordered Linkilaw to pay its former senior solicitor almost £64,000 ($87,500) after the firm failed to pay her wages and other compensation.

  • July 02, 2025

    Hotel Operator Says Ex-Director Stole £800K After Fire Payout

    A hotel operator has alleged that its former director gained unauthorized access to its bank account three years after his resignation and stole almost £800,000 ($1.1 million) after an insurance payout for a fire that destroyed the building.

  • July 02, 2025

    Judge Fights 'Secret Soundings' In Judicial Selection

    Failing to give aspiring judges a right of reply to anonymous comments made during the selection process undermines the fairness of the exercise and public confidence in the judiciary, a district court judge argued to the Court of Appeal on Wednesday.

  • July 02, 2025

    'Decisive' Reform Needed To Fix Pension Issues, IFS Says

    The government should widen the age range for employees being automatically included in a work-based pension, one of a raft of proposals that would address a series of risks to the future of Britain's pensioners, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said Wednesday.

  • July 02, 2025

    DPD Franchisee Can't Revive Worker Status Claims

    An appellate tribunal has rejected a claim from a franchisee that the landmark Uber decision made him a worker or employee at the parcel delivery company DPD, because he was never expected to personally deliver mail when he hired a van from them.

  • July 02, 2025

    FCA Extends Bullying, Harassment Misconduct Across Sector

    The Financial Conduct Authority released new rules on Wednesday that extend its regulatory powers to cover "toxic" workplace behavior such as bullying and harassment to non-banking firms.

  • July 02, 2025

    Paralegal Wins £46K After Quitting To Avoid SRA Rules Breach

    A paralegal has won more than £45,000 ($61,000) after a tribunal ruled he was unfairly dismissed by a London law firm, following months in which he felt pressured to work under the supervision of a solicitor banned by the profession's regulator.

  • July 02, 2025

    NHS Staffer Wins £233K After Discrimination Led Her To Quit

    A National Health Service trust must pay a disabled secretary £232,900 ($316,000) after she quit amid a discriminatory requirement to work on the ward rather than in a separate office, a tribunal has ruled.

  • July 02, 2025

    Regulator Calls For Open Banking-Style Reforms In Pensions

    The U.K. retirement watchdog has called for a shakeup in data-sharing by pension providers similar to that practiced in the banking sector.

  • July 01, 2025

    Judge's Case To Shine Light On Secretive Selection Process

    A judge's challenge on Wednesday to the lawfulness of a secretive process used to appoint judges will shine a light on part of the U.K. legal system that is often criticized but largely opaque.

  • July 01, 2025

    CILEX Says Equal Pay Rules Should Cover Race, Disability

    The legal executives' trade group said Tuesday that employers should report pay gap data for race and disability as well as gender, offering an alternative to pursuing costly, lengthy and complex discrimination claims.

  • July 01, 2025

    FCA Can Drop £6M Fine In Cum-Ex Case After Danish Pleas

    The Financial Conduct Authority can reverse its decision to fine a cum-ex trader £5.9 million ($8.1 million) to avoid prejudicing Denmark's attempts to claw back the proceeds from an alleged sham trading scheme, a London tribunal has ruled.

  • July 01, 2025

    EHRC Weighs 50K Responses To Single-Sex Services Guide

    The equality watchdog is mulling over more than 50,000 responses to its controversial consultation on a guideline for complying with the Equality Act 2010, following the U.K. Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the definition of sex.

  • July 01, 2025

    Saudi Embassy Waived Immunity To Legal Claim, Staffer Says

    A former worker at the Saudi Arabian embassy in London urged the Court of Appeal on Tuesday to overturn a finding that it had not waived its state immunity in an employment claim brought by the woman.

  • July 01, 2025

    Delivery Giants To Tighten ID Checks After Gov't Pressure

    Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat have pledged to ramp up ID verification on their platforms following pressure from the U.K. government to curb illegal working by gig economy couriers.

  • July 01, 2025

    UK Fair Work Agency To Launch In 2026 Amid Reform Delays

    The proposed Fair Work Agency will launch in April 2026 with other headline employment reforms delayed until 2027, the U.K. government said Tuesday as it detailed its plan to implement its Employment Rights Bill.

  • July 01, 2025

    Mayer Brown-Led Aviva Seals Pension Deal For Packaging Co.

    Aviva said Tuesday that it has completed a £249 million ($341 million) buy-in transaction to acquire the pensions of approximately 3,500 members of the Molins UK Pension Fund.

  • July 01, 2025

    Gov't Warned On Impact Of Pension Reforms On Small Biz

    Small businesses might have to raise prices, cut jobs or face lower profit margins if the government goes ahead with potential plans to increase employer pension contributions amid its wider probe into retirement savings adequacy, a trade group has said.

  • July 01, 2025

    3 Ex-Officials At Letby Hospital Arrested In Baby Deaths Probe

    Three former senior officials at the hospital where convicted child murderer Lucy Letby worked have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, police said Tuesday.

  • July 01, 2025

    Therapist Gets 2nd Chance To Challenge Sanction Over Hug

    A London judge has ruled that a psychotherapist was correctly accused of misconduct for hugging a patient he then had a sexual relationship with but might have been unfairly struck off the register after a panel ignored evidence in his favor.

  • July 01, 2025

    UK To Start Rollout Of Migrant Worker Reforms

    The U.K. government announced Tuesday that it is set to introduce a series of immigration reforms in Parliament, including raising a skill and salary threshold and ending overseas care worker recruitment.

  • July 01, 2025

    Kevin Spacey Sued Over Alleged Sexual Assault At Old Vic

    Kevin Spacey is facing fresh legal scrutiny after British actor Ruari Cannon accused the Oscar-winning performer of sexually assaulting him in 2013 during a production at London's Old Vic Theatre.

  • July 01, 2025

    UK To Review Parental Leave Amid Low Paternity Take-Up

    The government launched a "full review" of the U.K. parental leave and pay system on Tuesday in a move to simplify the complex set of intersecting entitlements and encourage greater uptake of paternity absence.

  • July 01, 2025

    Psychologist Wins £27K After NHS Pushed Her To Resign

    A National Health Service board must pay a clinical psychologist £27,100 ($37,000) after it drove her to quit by emailing her a copy of a grievance from her former boss without warning, a tribunal has ruled.

  • July 01, 2025

    Pension Trustees Urged To Help Shape FCA Guidance Rules

    The U.K.'s retirement savings watchdog has called for trustees of pension plans to respond to a major shakeup of rules guiding what level of financial guidance can be issued by providers.

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