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Employment Rights Bill: Bill returns to the Commons once again
11 Dec 2025The Employment Rights Bill is poised for another round of parliamentary "ping-pong", as one key disagreement between the House of Commons and the House of Lords persists.
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Fraud audits: how to get started and practical tips for your charity
10 Dec 2025Fraud risks causing charities significant harm to their reputation and their finances. It can even create criminal liability.
It is therefore good practice for charities to regularly carry out fraud audits to review the risks within the organisation and ensure that there are clear processes and policies in place to combat them. We share our practical tips for getting started and ensuring that charities "stay on top" of their fraud risk.
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The Failure to Prevent Fraud offence several months on - key learnings so far for charities
09 Dec 2025The Failure to Prevent Fraud offence has been in force for several months now (the offence's "go-live" having finally arrived on 1 September 2025). See here for more details about the offence and the defence of having reasonable fraud prevention procedures in place.
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New statutory payment rates announced for 2026-27
09 Dec 2025The government has released the proposed statutory payment rates for 2026-27, helping employers plan ahead for payroll, budgeting and policy updates.
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When can bringing legal proceedings amount to a whistleblowing detriment?
09 Dec 2025The Court of Appeal has confirmed that initiating legal or arbitral proceedings may amount to a whistleblowing detriment, with clear implications for how employers respond to confidential disclosures.
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Charities and the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
08 Dec 2025The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) is a significant piece of legislation targeted at tackling economic crime in the UK. The new failure to prevent fraud offence (section 199) and the senior managers attribution offence (section 196) has a meaningful impact on charities, large and small.
