Employment Law Newsletter – Summer 2025


10th July 2025

It’s been another busy few months. The Government has published its eagerly anticipated roadmap for implementing the Employment Rights Bill and many of the high-profile changes such as day-one unfair dismissal rights and changes to zero hours contracts are now not expected until 2027. The ramifications of the Supreme Court judgment about the legal definition of “woman” are still headline news and the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s consultation on the revised Code of Practice for service users, public functions and associations has just ended.

As for immigration, the Government’s recent Statement of Changes confirms the significant changes which come into effect on 22 July 2025. These include changes to the Skilled Worker skill and salary thresholds and an increase in the minimum salary for the Global Business Mobility route.

There are wide range of pensions developments too. These include a possible reduction in the benefits of salary sacrifice for pensions contributions and the key issues to consider regarding life assurance benefits.

Please do take a moment to consider the articles in this Summer newsletter, where we provide an update on a range of employment, pensions and immigration developments.

Articles

Employment Rights Bill: Government roadmap published

Details of the phased consultation and implementation dates have been published with some high-profile changes such as day-one unfair dismissal rights now not expected until 2027.

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EHRC consultation on Code of Practice following legal definition of woman

The revised Code of Practice covers topics such as objective justification as well as guidance on how separate or single-sex services can be provided.

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Government publishes Statement of Changes

A number of immigration changes come into effect on 22 July 2025 including changes to the Skilled Worker skill and salary thresholds and an increase in the minimum salary for the Global Business Mobility route.

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Are the benefits of salary sacrifice for pension contributions about to be reduced?

Recently published research looks at three possible scenarios for changing the tax and NI advantages of salary sacrifice for some or all employees.

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The importance of suitable alternative employment in the redundancy process

The EAT makes it clear that where suitable alternative employment is available, employers must actively facilitate this or risk a finding of unfair dismissal.

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Employment Rights Bill: what happens next?

The Bill continues its Parliamentary process in the House of Lords and Royal Assent is not expected until the autumn now.

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UK life assurance benefits: top 10 tips for employers

Life assurance benefits are an attractive element of remuneration and benefits packages and we look at the key issues companies need to consider.

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Who has access to hybrid working?

The Office for National Statistics identifies the people most likely to have a hybrid working pattern and the differences between different demographic groups.

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Team news

I am delighted to inform you that Natasha Newlin has recently been promoted to Associate. Congratulations Natasha, this is very-well deserved.

Webinar

We will be holding our next Employment webinar on 11 September 2025: At the session we will be discussing the risks to an organisation’s business interests and reputation arising from departing employees. This will cover practical steps and advice relating to confidentiality, post-termination restrictions, monitoring and data protection issues.

For further details of the webinar and the speakers, please look out for our webinar invitation which will be sent shortly.

The webinar is part of our Employment webinar forum series. We do hope you can join us at the webinar.

I hope you will find all the articles above informative and helpful, and if you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with your usual Blake Morgan contact. Just to remind you, our Employment Rights Bill Hub on our website can be accessed here.

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