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Employment tribunal time limits extended to six months from 1 October 2026
08 Oct 2026From 1 October 2026, the time limit for most employment tribunal claims increased from three to six months.
Tribunals must consider the full picture on mitigation when assessing compensation
08 Oct 2026When assessing compensation, tribunals must take a robust and realistic approach to a claimant’s actual loss, including considering whether other state benefits were available and could reasonably have been claimed.
EAT upholds strike out despite outstanding reasonable adjustment applications
08 Oct 2026Failing to engage with the tribunal process can result in claims being struck out, even where a claimant has disabilities. Tribunals must consider relevant evidence about disability and whether strike out is proportionate.
Equality action plans meet the new union equality representative role: what Universities need to know
06 Oct 2026The Employment Rights Act 2025 creates two interconnected equality mechanisms that University HR teams and executive and governance boards will need to understand and engage with.
Tracker: Employment Rights Act
25 Sept 2026The Employment Rights Act will make significant reforms changes to many aspects of employment law.
New duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union delayed
25 Sept 2026Employers will soon be required to give workers a written statement explaining their right to join a trade union. The Government has now confirmed what the statement must contain and how it must be provided. It expects the duty to come into force between December 2026 and January 2027, rather than in October 2026 as previously indicated.
