Employment Rights Bill

Following the summer recess, the Bill returned to the House of Commons on 15 September 2025 for consideration of the Lords’ amendments. Unsurprisingly, the House of Commons rejected the non-government amendments resulting in the following:   Guaranteed hours...

Medical Cannabis

This is becoming a really hot topic lately and raises some really tricky issues for employers. Issues to consider include: What is the legal position on medical cannabis? How can employees obtain private prescriptions? Why does their legitimacy matter? What do...

Automatic Unfair Dismissal: Whistleblowing

In the recent case of Argence-Lafon v Ark Syndicate Management an employee made whistleblowing disclosures about a potentially fraudulent loss claim. The company investigated and found no fraud. Despite this, the employee continued to accuse the company of wrongdoing....

Whistleblowing

In a recent case called Day v Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Dr Day was a junior doctor who brought a whistleblowing detriment claim against his NHS Trust relating to statements it made following the settlement of an earlier whistleblowing case in 2018. The...

Gender Reassignment Discrimination

There has been a first decision dealing with transgender discrimination since the Supreme Court’s ruling in For Women Scotland (FWS) v Scottish Ministers. In a case called Haynes v The English Blackball Pool Association, the Pool Association decided to exclude...

Government Impact Assessment

The proposed new clause 22A in the Employment Rights Bill is designed to render void any provision in a contract between an employer and a worker, including a settlement agreement, that attempts to prevent the worker from making allegations or disclosures about...