The First-tier Tribunal has held that workers engaged by an umbrella company were employed only during individual assignments, rather than under a continuous overarching contract. The decision provides a detailed analysis of mutuality of obligation and may be of wider interest in employment status disputes.

The government has announced a package of measures aimed at helping high-growth businesses expand in the UK, including a visa reimbursement scheme. 

The government has published draft regulations protecting workers from detriment for taking protected industrial action and draft legislation introducing electronic and workplace balloting for statutory trade union ballots.

The EAT has confirmed that employers can provide payslips electronically, provided employees can access them without practical barriers.

The government has launched a consultation on how the Fair Work Agency (FWA) will enforce statutory holiday pay from 2027. The proposals signal a significant shift away from relying solely on individual tribunal claims and towards a more proactive enforcement regime.

In a fact-specific decision, the EAT has confirmed that a dismissal for threatening and intimidating messages posted in a union WhatsApp group during industrial action was not automatically unfair.