Significant changes to trade union recognition are due to take effect later this year as part of the Government’s wider programme of trade union reform under the Employment Rights Act 2025. Employers, particularly those with little or no existing union presence, should start considering now how they would respond both to union access requests and

One of the most significant employment law changes on the horizon has received surprisingly little attention outside the legal profession: the removal of the statutory cap on compensation for ordinary unfair dismissal. For decades, employers assessing the risk of an unfair dismissal claim have had a relatively predictable upper limit in mind. While tribunals could

A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision has provided practical clarification on when the statutory right to be accompanied arises in disciplinary and grievance proceedings.   In Wolfe v Taka Mayfair Ltd [2026] EAT 106, the EAT confirmed that an employer cannot be liable for breaching an employee’s right to be accompanied under section 10 of

A lot of the ideas that have shaped Greater Manchester’s creative economy now sit much closer to the centre of government. For creative businesses, that’s worth paying attention to as Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister today. For many people, that’s first and foremost a political story, but for those of us working with creative, digital