The Government made a number of pension–related announcements in the Budget today. Below we summarise some of the main changes to pensions.

In this article, we summarise the key changes contained in the Employment Rights Bill (the Bill) and what to expect from the Government’s longer term plans for employment law reform.

On 26 October 2024, the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 (the Act) comes into force. The Act introduces a new preventative duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers and employees.

In Tesco v USDAW and others, the Supreme Court held that the Court of Appeal was wrong to overturn the High Court’s decision to impose a permanent injunction against Tesco to prevent it from ‘firing and rehiring’ a group of staff.

King Charles III marked the 2024 State Opening of Parliament yesterday with a speech outlining the new Labour government’s key legislation changes. We summarise the changes for employment and pension laws below and what the main takeaways are.

In this insight we look at the decision of the Employment Tribunal in Mr M Young v Royal Mail Group Limited which considers exactly what constitutes ‘trade union activities’ during periods of industrial action.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that the TUPE Regulations (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006) do not apply to the reorganisation of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).

The Labour party has won the general election, and their manifesto and “Plan to Make Work Pay” proposes a series of wide changes in the employment law landscape.

Major political parties have released their manifestos detailing what changes they would make if they were given the majority vote to run the country. Pensions is an area of which the government needs to take some vital decisions on.

On 1 April 2024, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased to £11.44 per hour. As a consequence some workers who benefit from salary sacrifice or net deduction arrangements could now be paid less than the NLW.

Welcome to Capsticks' latest podcast, where our expert legal team provide a summary of the new Police (Conduct)(Amendment) Regulations 2024 that come into force on 7 May 2024.

This long-running case considers whether employees engaging in strike action should be protected from potential disadvantage and prejudice by their employers.