Creaking Tribunal System – Why Mediation Matters!

Employment law reforms will pile thousands of extra cases onto an already stretched tribunal system, government analysis has revealed. The Employment Rights Act, which received royal assent last month, reduces the qualifying period of employment for eligibility to...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and we are delighted to announce that aiMac-hr is now providing professional mediation services to businesses and organisations. Why should this interest you, we hear you ask? Well, because extensive research has shown and proved that there are...

Employment Rights Act 2025!

The Employment Rights Bill has recently received Royal Assent and has now become the Employment Rights Act 2025. This follows the House of Lords backing down during the third round of parliamentary ping-pong last week. The only substantive provision that has already...

Age Discrimination

In the recent case of Thomas v Tindall Riley, Ms Thomas was offered a role with an overall salary package of £110,000. She declined on the basis that the offer was too low. The Respondent then recruited another candidate on a lower salary package of £100,000 but...

Unfair Dismissal Qualifying Period and Compensation

The Government has just published its important and significant amendments to the Employment Rights Bill. As widely anticipated, the relevant amendment now says: “Omit Section 124” – which is the section of the Employment Rights Act 1996 containing the caps on...

National Minimum Wage Increase – April 2026

The government announced on the eve of the recent budget, the following increases to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates, to take effect on 1 April 2026:- Age 21 and over – from £12.21 to £12.71ph Age 18-20 – from £10 to £10.85ph Age 16-17 and...

New Mediation Services in 2026!

We are delighted to announce that, from early 2026, we will be offering a brand new affordable service for all our clients – employment mediation. Employment mediation can tackle employment disputes early preventing the need for unwanted expense, time and hassle...

Unfair Dismissal and Reasonable Adjustments

In the case of O’Brien v Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Ms O’Brien was dismissed for misconduct after allegations that she had failed to work her contracted hours and falsely claimed overtime. The Trust became aware of the concerns in 2018 but...