Insights
Court of Appeal confirms that an employer's vicarious liability to third parties does not transfer under TUPE
17 Sept 2026Where a business transfers under TUPE, the new employer does not inherit the old employer's vicarious liability to third-parties for employees' pre-transfer wrongdoing.
Government names 658 employers for failing to pay the national minimum wage, signalling intensified enforcement under the new Fair Work Agency
17 Sept 2026Employers across the UK have been publicly named for underpaying staff, with approximately £4 million returned to over 27,000 workers and penalties totalling £7 million.
EAT finds tribunal wrongly rejected retailer’s market forces defence in equal pay claims
17 Sept 2026Genuine recruitment and retention pressures may justify paying different rates for work of equal value where they affect one group but not the other.
Employment tribunal time limits will double from three to six months on 1 October 2026
17 Sept 2026From 1 October 2026, claimants will have six months to bring most employment tribunal claims, rather than the current three months.
Changes to the definition of regulated activity with children
17 Sept 2026The supervision exemption was removed from the definition of regulated activity with children, as it applies to unpaid/voluntary roles, with effect from 1 September 2026.
Organisations that permit adults to work in a voluntary/unpaid capacity with children should now review those arrangements and decide whether to carry out enhanced DBS and Children's Barred List checks.
First Rent Determination Under the Renters' Rights Act: What Pukahf v Ndifor tells us?
15 Sept 2026The Renters' Rights Act 2025 came into force on 1 May 2026, bringing the most significant changes to residential tenancies in nearly 40 years. Among them is a reformed process for challenging rent increases at the First-tier Tribunal. In Pukahf Co-Invest 1A LTD and Pukahf Co-Invest 1B LTD v Bill Selambi Ndifor (MAN/00BR/MRA/2026/0009), decided on 10 July 2026, we have one of the very first tribunal decisions applying these new rules in practice.
