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Employment Rights Bill: Government stands firm on Lords’ challenges
07 Nov 2025The Bill will return to the House of Lords again before Royal Assent.
The House of Commons debated the Employment Rights Bill on Wednesday, following the Lords' opposition last week to key government proposals. Despite a lengthy and animated debate, MPs supported the government's position and voted to reject all Lords' amendments. The Bill will therefore return to the Lords once again for further consideration.
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Right to Work Scheme to be extended to gig economy and casual working arrangements
07 Nov 2025The Home Office is consulting on plans to extend right to work checks beyond traditional employment relationships, with significant implications for gig economy platforms and sub-contracting arrangements.
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Early conciliation and jurisdiction – Court of Appeal clarifies the consequences of non-compliance
07 Nov 2025The Court of Appeal has confirmed that failure to comply with the early conciliation requirements deprives the Tribunal of jurisdiction to hear a claim, though an identical claim may be introduced by amendment.
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Only digital HR1 form to be used for advance notification of collective redundancies from December 2025
07 Nov 2025From 1 December 2025, employers must submit advance notification of collective redundancies using the new digital HR1 form.
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Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper
07 Nov 2025The UK Government’s Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper has provided much for the higher education (HE) sector to digest.
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Your business is considering decentralised manufacturing for a product - what are the steps you need to take?
06 Nov 2025As discussed in our previous article, the UK is the first country to have implemented a framework to allow Point of Care (POC) and Modular Manufacturing (MM), together known as Decentralised Manufacturing (DM). This is a really exciting step, particularly for the area of personalised medicines, but there are certain considerations and mandatory steps for businesses to take before they implement DM processes.
