TikTok faces legal action over moderator cuts

TikTok is being threatened with legal action over cuts to its UK online safety teams. In August, the social media company announced more than 400 workers would lose their jobs, with …

Labour’s employment rights bill set to become law after Lords battle

Labour’s employment rights bill will finally become law after a battle in the House of Lords, paving the way for significant new rights for workers on sick pay, parental leave …

Employment Rights Bill enters ‘ping pong’ stage as government is defeated in the Lords

Labour’s employment rights legislation has suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords, meaning that it will now go back to the House of Commons in a process …

Berry-picking migrants challenge UK’s tribunal time limits

Agroup of Latin American seasonal farm workers are taking their fight for justice to the UK’s Employment Appeal Tribunal this week, arguing that the country’s legal system has left them …

Britain would have 14m more secure jobs if Employment Rights Bill was in place in 2023, study finds

MORE than a million workers a year will be protected from “severe insecurity” by the Employment Rights Bill, but 14 million more would in secure jobs if the legislation had …

The eagerly anticipated Employment Rights Bill: hope v reality

THE eagerly anticipated Employment Rights Bill, the pinnacle of Keir Starmer’s Labour government, is due to receive royal assent later in the year.  The headlines all sound fantastic — day …

Watering down Employment Rights Bill would threaten ‘once in a generation’ chance to close gender pay gap, ministers warned

The government has been warned against allowing amendments from the Lords to water down its flagship Employment Rights Bill, with seven leading women’s organisations arguing that this would hamper efforts to …

The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) v Ms A Alhayali [2025] Civ 1162

Ms Alhayali was employed by the Saudi Arabian Embassy in its Cultural Bureau. She was dismissed from her role and in January 2018 presented a claim to the Employment Tribunal, …

Labour must deliver collective bargaining for unions – John Hendy

The Employment Rights Bill is nearly an Act. It only remains for the government to use its majority in the House of Commons to defeat the Tory and Lib-Dem amendments …

Equalities watchdog submits formal guidance after UK supreme court transgender ruling

The equalities watchdog has submitted its formal guidance about how institutions should respond to the landmark supreme court ruling on transgender people’s rights, with its chair admitting it would be …