Fire and Rehire Under Consultation: What HR Teams Need to Know
The Government has launched a consultation on how the new fire and rehire protections under the Employment Rights Act 2025 should apply to employment expenses, benefits and shift patterns. While the provisions are not yet in force, the fire and rehire consultation signals a significant shift in how contractual change will need to be handled […]
Fire and Rehire Consultation: Employment Rights Act 2025 Update
The Government has launched a consultation on how the fire and rehire protections under the Employment Rights Act 2025 should apply to employment expenses, benefits and shift patterns. While narrow in scope, the consultation goes directly to how far employers will be able to enforce contractual change once the new regime is in force. […]
Employers Urged to Review Digital Right to Work Processes
The UK immigration system is now operating on a fully digital footing, and this is changing how employers are expected to manage right to work compliance in practice. While there has been no recent change to the underlying law, enforcement focus has shifted as digital systems have become the default. Audits are now increasingly unearthing […]
Problems with RFU Regulation 15 Playing Down 2026
Regulation 15 update As of 4 February 2026, the RFU has confirmed that Regulation 15 is currently under review and is in the process of being amended. This article reflects the Regulation 15 position as published at the time of writing and will be updated as the amended regulation and any supporting guidance are released. […]
Home Office Audits Exposing Digital Right to Work Failures
The UK’s move to digital immigration status has altered how right to work checks operate in practice. For employers, the change is not about new rules, but about how compliance failures are now identified and enforced. Digital checks were introduced to simplify the process of confirming permission to work. As the system has settled, the […]
Digital Right to Work Failures Exposed in Home Office Audits
For HR teams, right to work compliance has entered a different phase. The move to digital immigration status has changed not only how checks are carried out, but how failures are assessed when the Home Office reviews an employer’s processes. Although the underlying rules have not changed, HR functions are now operating in an environment […]
Report Sets out Proposals to Cut Criminal Court Backlogs
A senior judicial review has called for sweeping reforms to the criminal courts in England and Wales, warning that the justice system is struggling under record delays and growing backlogs. The report, entitled Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: Part 1, was led by former senior judge Sir Brian Leveson, says urgent action is required […]