Employment Law Newsletter – Winter 2025


6th February 2025

As can be seen from our recent Looking Ahead to 2025 mailing there is no let-up in the pace of employment law developments. Take a moment however, to consider our Winter newsletter, where we provide an update on the imminent introduction of the statutory right to neonatal care leave, the recent HSE statistics about work-related stress and case law developments on a wide range of issues including injury to feelings. We also have an update on the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme.

Articles

New right to statutory neonatal care leave imminent

It is expected that 60,000 new parents will benefit from the new right to neonatal care leave where a baby is born on or after 6 April 2025.

Read more

Electronic Travel Authorisation update

An Electronic Travel Authorisation enables visitors to come to the UK for up to six months for tourism, business, short-term study or visiting family.  

Read more

Injury to feelings awards: how are they assessed?

The EAT has recently given two decisions about injury to feelings awards but with contrasting outcomes.

Read more

Holiday pay rules apply to temporary worker

A temporary worker has won two years’ back pay from her former employer for underpaid holiday pay.

Read more

Work-related stress: a key issue for employers

The HSE reports that in 2023/24 almost half of all work-related ill health and injury was related to stress, depression or anxiety.

Read more

Defined Contribution pensions pots update

The Treasury has announced a future change in the tax position on unused Defined Contribution pension pots following a member’s death.

Read more

Acas early conciliation

Although there was no Acas early conciliation, the Employment Tribunal held that it had jurisdiction to hear the claim.

Read more

Team news

I am very pleased to inform you about the new members of the team who recently joined the firm. Partner Bob Cordran and Associates Jaden Cramer and Imogen Higgins-Smith will be based in our London office. They are all very experienced employment lawyers who advise on the full range of employment issues. We are delighted to welcome Bob, Jaden and Imogen.

Webinar

We will be holding our first Employment webinar of 2025 on 18 March 2025: Requiring a return to the office – is it necessary, and what are the legal and practical implications for employers? For further details of the webinar and the speakers, please look out for our webinar invitation which will be sent shortly.

We do hope you can join us at the webinar.

Insights and invitations from our Employment team

Register for our business mailings

Sign up here

Enjoy That? You Might Like These:


articles

29 April -
The recent Court of Appeal case of Sullivan v Isle of Wight Council has confirmed that external job applicants, other than those making applications within the NHS, do not have... Read More

articles

24 April -
Recently for many UK Defined Benefit (“DB”) schemes, stellar scheme funding performance has led to Government pressure to allow corporate sponsors to more easily access surplus funding in their schemes.... Read More

articles

23 April -
The Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October 2024 and it has hardly been out of the headlines since. Six months on, the Government has made significant amendments to... Read More