Tag: UK Employment Law
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Time Travel and Redundancy Consultation – a useful victory in a hostile landscape for UK employers
Introduction Indications from some of my clients suggest we may be entering a period when companies are, once again, looking at reducing headcount, so I thought I’d look at a recent relevant case that might be helpful. In what one might describe as a rare moment of sanity in the UK’s increasingly anti-employer legal environment,…
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Title: New Employment Right from April 2025: Neonatal Care Leave and Pay
Published: April 2025 From 6 April 2025, a new employment law came into effect introducing a statutory entitlement for eligible employees: Neonatal Care Leave and Pay. This change is intended to support working parents whose babies require specialist care after birth, ensuring they do not have to rely solely on existing parental leave provisions during…
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Shifts in the Night: Understanding the Rights of Agency Workers
Donkor-Baah v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Others (2024) EAT 23 Introduction: In the often complex world of employment law, the distinction between different types of workers can sometimes seem like navigating through a dark, unfamiliar corridor. The case of Donkor-Baah v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Others shines some clarifying…