Employment

Articles

20 Nov 2024

Employment Rights Bill: how it could transform the UK

Emmanuelle Ries and Emily Halcrow unpack the transformative Employment Rights Bill reshaping workplace protections in the UK

5 Nov 2024

Non-competition agreements: an ongoing and heated dispute in US law

Geoffrey A. Mort, Of Counsel at Kraus & Zuchlewski LLP, New York, provides a detailed overview of the debate surrounding non-compete agreements in the US and the issues related to their continued and future use

15 Oct 2024

How the Tipping Act reforms workplace practices

John Grant examines the Tipping Act and how it offers protection for workers and consequences for non-compliant employers

10 Oct 2024

World Mental Health Day 2024 focuses on mental health at work

To mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October, John McElroy, Vice-President of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) and a Partner at Fieldfisher, shares his thoughts on how to promote mental wellbeing in the workplace

7 Oct 2024

The qualifying limit for unfair dismissal will define the new Labour government

John Hayes, Managing Partner at Constantine Law, discusses the significance of the Labour government’s promise to reduce the qualifying limit for unfair dismissal

10 Sept 2024

The employment law related legal changes that could be coming under the new Labour government

Employment law expert, Liam Entwistle from Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie, takes a look at the employment law changes on the horizon in light of Labour’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ and the proposals outlined in the King’s Speech

12 Aug 2024

The history of employment law and two newly proposed bills

Kaajal Nathwani, Head of Employment Law at Curwens, explains that we’ve come a long way since the ‘master’ and ‘servant’ dystopia of early employment law, and looks what the two new bills put forward by the new government might mean for the employee–employer relationship

31 Jul 2024

Acceleration from an orthopaedic perspective: the medico-legal interface

Expert Witness Institute member Andrew Quaile discusses issues surrounding acceleration from the perspective of an orthopaedic surgeon and an expert witness