What’s likely to be new in employment law this year?

Our Head of Employment Law, Tina Chander is back on her favourite couch answering questions from employers and employees on UK employment law. This month she covers the furlough scheme, redundancies, settlement agreements and dismissals.

Welcome to our March 2024 edition, read on to find out more about upcoming changes in relation to Employment Law.

Welcome to our April 2024 edition in which we cover increases to the Vento bands, Employment Tribunal compensation limits and Statutory Caps; government guidance on holiday pay; recent changes to the immigration rules; and a case update dealing with the need to make reasonable adjustments for an employee with a disability.

With the recent rises in costs for many everyday essentials, including the likes of fuel, gas and electricity bills, and increasing interest rates, a number of businesses have been forced to undertake reviews of their financial position and consider where they can make some cuts to their overheads to ensure financial stability for uncertain times ahead.

We appreciate that a number of these changes were covered in our January update, however it is vital that employers keep them in mind, as relevant policies will require updating to reflect the upcoming changes, as well as these being reflected in practice.

In 2019 our employment law team hosted a series of employment law events for local businesses and HR teams including the very successful Mock Tribunal session in September 2019.

Over the last 4 ½ years, thousands of newspaper columns have speculated on the eventual outcome of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Now the moment has almost arrived, it is worth reviewing what this will mean for employment law, probably the most heavily EU-influenced area of law in UK legislation.

Our first podcast of 2024 looks at the upcoming changes to employment law this year. Join Sophie Wahba, Associate and Gemma Clark, Solicitor as they dive deeper into the legislative changes that you need to be aware of.

Tina Chander, Partner and Head of Employment Law and Gemma Clark, Solicitor take a closer look at what a business should do when preparing for a sale and how they must consider if the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE Regulations) will apply.