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What will the Employment Rights Act 2025 mean for you?

Last year we published an article on the Employment Rights Bill. This Bill is now the Employment Rights Act 2025 (the ‘Act’) and introduces a number of new workplace rights. Some of these changes are already in force, but the majority will come into force throughout 2026 and 2027. Both… Read More »

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How the Employment Rights Bill may affect you

Learn about the proposed new workplace rights as part of the recently published Employment Rights Bill.

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My Employer has presented me with a “Settlement Agreement”…

What is a Settlement Agreement? A Settlement Agreement is a binding contract between an employer and employee and can be proposed for many different reasons. Our Employment Law Practice deals with these on a daily basis. We largely see them where there is a proposal to end the employee’s employment,… Read More »

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Can Employers Make Employees Take Holidays/Annual Leave While Furloughed?

What is Furlough Leave? Furlough leave is of course an issue which is affecting huge numbers of people across the UK at the moment, whether they are employers, employees or impacted family members.  Furlough leave is also a subject of great interest for solicitors such as ourselves who advise employer… Read More »

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Can Employment Tribunal Cases Be Joined Together?

Single Employment Tribunal Claims Involving More Than 2 Parties We deal with many Employment Tribunal cases in which there are more than 2 parties involved.  This can happen even when there is only 1 Employment Tribunal case proceeding.   For example, in a discrimination case, it is not uncommon for… Read More »

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Going to the Employment Tribunal – An Overwhelming Prospect or a Chance of Justice?

Do many people raise Employment Tribunal claims? The number of Employment Tribunal claims raised is not actually particularly high compared to the working population in the UK.  Statistics suggest that in April 2018 to March 2019 just over 120,000 Employment Tribunal claims were raised in the UK.  However, statistics also… Read More »

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Holiday Leave – Use It Or Lose It?

Can I carry annual leave over? If an employee or worker does not take their holiday entitlement during a working year should they (or their employer) assume that the holiday entitlement has been lost? What is the Employer’s Policy? Many employers operate the “Use It or Lose It” policy. This… Read More »

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Scottish Government Announces Intention to Abolish Employment Tribunal Fees

The Scottish Government has announced its intention to abolish Employment Tribunal fees (A stronger Scotland – the Government’s programme for Scotland 2015-2016). This reform would be possible under the anticipated transfer of powers in this area from Westminster to the Scottish government. If the Scotland Bill is enacted, the Scottish… Read More »

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Do Employees Have A Right To Work Flexibly?

Duncan McFadzean, one of our Directors and an Employment Law specialist, discusses this question which has become more and more relevant to all kinds of employees. The short answer to the question is “no”, but there is more to this than meets the eye! What is the flexible working right?… Read More »

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Europe Weighs in on Obesity Debate

Cathy Donald, a solicitor practicing in our Employment Law team, discusses the developing law on protection for obese workers following the decision by the European Court of Justice in the case of Kaltoft v Kommunernes Landsforening C-354/13. Is obesity a “disability”? The question of whether obesity qualifies as a disability… Read More »

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