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2 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
The Employment Lawyers Association has called on the government to allocate resources to tribunals before the Employment Rights Bill comes into force, possibly from autumn 2026.
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3 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
The Institute of Directors has joined the CBI in accusing the government of not properly listening to business over reforms to the Employment Rights Bill, which is currently in the House of Lords.
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3 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
The US Supreme Court has voted to make it easier for people from majority groups in workplace disputes to sue their employer for discrimination. The justices voted unanimously to make it easier for white and heterosexual people, for example, to file “reverse discrimination” cases. The ruling came about as a result of the case of an Ohio woman who alleged she was discriminated against in her job because she was heterosexual.
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3 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
A former worker on HS2 railway project who lost his job after accusing bosses of disguising the true price of the long-delayed railway project has been awarded nearly £320,000 by a tribunal. Project risk management practitioner Stephen Cresswell told an employment tribunal in Croydon that his contract was not renewed at High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd in 2022 after he repeatedly warned that the rail link’s costs were being “actively misrepresented”.
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3 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
Europe’s largest carmaker VW has said about 20,000 employees have agreed to voluntarily leave the company by the end of the decade, as it looks to cut 35,000 jobs in Germany by 2030. Gunnar Kilian, Volkswagen’s head of human relations, told a workers’ assembly in the company’s main plant in Wolfsburg that the agreed departures meant that the company’s restructuring plans were on track.
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4 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
The House of Lords will resume their detailed scrutiny of the Employment Rights Bill at committee stage on Tuesday 3 June. Among the Bill’s proposals are measures to end “exploitative” zero hours contracts, an end to fire and rehire, the introduction of new rights for workers from day one of employment, more access to statutory sick pay, and the introduction of a Fair Work Agency. Committee stage in the Lords involves a line-by-line examination of the individual clauses of the bill.
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4 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
Proposals to alter the indefinite leave to remain rules in the UK in the immigration white paper have caused dismay among some overseas workers and raised questions among immigration legal specialists. The white paper says that people coming into the UK will only be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain after 10 years, not the current five. In most EU countries, the application point is set at five years.
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4 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
Migrant workers in IT and engineering professionals have a positive financial impact on the UK and have helped the two sectors expand their skills, a key government report – the first of its kind – has found. A report by the independent Migration Advisory Committee and commissioned by home secretary Yvette Cooper found that migrant workers in both occupation groups made a “significantly positive net fiscal contribution”.
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4 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
An employee of electrical goods chain Currys has failed in his claim of race discrimination against the retailer after his mug had gone missing in the office. Employed in a south of England branch of Currys as a credit support associate, Mr Habib succeeded in part of his claim for breach of contract, for which he was awarded £1,210 as damages; the figure represents the amount of notice pay he was owed.
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4 weeks ago | 
personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch
Businesses with employees who travel to the US are being warned that there is a new level of risk attached to trips to the country. A prominent immigration lawyer has warned that new vetting procedures operated on a localised level that vary from airport to airport are leading to longer processing times, risk of refusal to admit entry and intrusive screening – even for routine business visits.
