Insights

With major reforms to dismissal rights on the horizon, independent schools have only a limited window to review staffing models and implement any planned contractual changes before flexibility is significantly reduced.

The Employment Rights Bill has experienced further delays in its parliamentary progression, with the House of Lords again supporting amendments that would directly affect healthcare employers and the wider health and social care workforce.

The High Court has found a former employee to be in serious contempt of court for knowingly advancing false allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination and victimisation during Employment Tribunal proceedings.

The government is consulting on a draft Code of Practice for introducing electronic, hybrid and workplace balloting in statutory union ballots, inviting views on whether its proposed standards offer clear, practical and secure guidance for those responsible for running these votes.

The government has asked the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to produce a costs assessment to help decide whether a full regulatory impact assessment is required before approving the draft Code of Practice on services, public functions and associations.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has overturned an Employment Tribunal’s decision after new evidence came to light that undermined the credibility findings on which the Tribunal’s conclusions were based.