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Holiday Pay and the Fair Work Agency

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Darren Newman

One item on the list of ‘things you didn’t notice in the Employment Rights Act 2025’ is the duty to keep records relating to annual leave and holiday pay. Section 35 of the Act introduces a new Regulation 16B into … Continue reading →

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Employment Rights Act 2025 – doubling the ‘protective award’

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Darren Newman

One of the most simple and straightforward provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 is also one of the most consequential – at least for larger employers. Section 30 makes a change to S.189 of the Trade Union and Labour … Continue reading →

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Breaking the Deadlock on the Employment Rights Bill?

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Darren Newman

Anyone reading this will know by now that the Government has made a major concession in order to break the deadlock on the Employment Rights Bill. Almost every employment lawyer I know has been saying for ages that a six-month … Continue reading →

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Government consults on Pregnancy Dismissals

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Darren Newman

We all know that it is unlawful to dismiss an employee either because she is pregnant, for a reason connected with her pregnancy or because she has taken maternity leave. In fact the combination of the pregnancy and maternity provisions … Continue reading →

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Fire and Rehire – can an employer relocate its employees?

Posted on May 19, 2025 by Darren Newman

[Now updated – see below] In the last few months I’ve been going around the country talking to people about the Employment Rights Bill and what it means for employers. One of the central points I have been making is … Continue reading →

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Are pubs about to ban people from talking about ‘transgender rights’?

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Darren Newman

Honestly my heart sank when I saw this morning’s front page of the Times: I don’t think that pubs are going to do this – but let’s look at what the Times is saying: Pubs could ban customers from speaking … Continue reading →

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Guaranteed hours – who will qualify?

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Darren Newman

How many hours do you have to work before you are no longer on a ‘low hours’ contract? The question is crucial to the right to guaranteed hours contained in the Employment Rights Bill currently at the Committee Stage in … Continue reading →

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Fire and Rehire – Unintended Consequences of the Employment Rights Bill

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Darren Newman

The Employment Rights Bill is about to enter into the part of the Parliamentary process where the Government will consider amendments. This is not something it needs to do in order to ensure the Bill is passed. With a huge … Continue reading →

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The Employment Rights Bill – Closing the ‘Woolworths’ Loophole

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Darren Newman

In my last post I was trying to make sense of 11 pages of densely-worded text in the Employment Rights Bill. For this post I have set myself the easier task of explaining the implications of removing just three words … Continue reading →

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The Employment Rights Bill – Unfair Dismissal as a Day-One Right.

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Darren Newman

One of the features of the Employment Rights Bill that has attracted particular attention is the abolition of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal making it a day-one right (see Schedule 2 of the Bill). This is something that a … Continue reading →

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