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 […]
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 […]
Updated Timeline for Employment Rights Act 2025
The Government has published a revised Employment Rights Act 2025 timeline as part of the wider Plan to Make Work Pay. This update replaces the July 2025 roadmap and confirms when different parts of the legislation are expected to take effect across 2026 and 2027. The reforms are being introduced in phases to allow time […]
Revised Employment Rights Act Timeline Published
The Government has confirmed a revised implementation timetable for the Employment Rights Act 2025 under its ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’. The update replaces the previous July 2025 roadmap and resets several dates that HR teams may already have built into policy reviews, training programmes and workforce planning. What has changed is the order in […]
UK Minimum Wage & Statutory Pay Changes 2026
From April 2026, changes to the UK National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage will take effect, bringing higher statutory pay floors and renewed enforcement focus. For employers, HR professionals and payroll teams, the changes will necessitate careful review of pay structures, working time calculations and payroll processes to avoid inadvertent underpayment. This guide sets […]
Employer NI Changes from April 2026
Two separate National Insurance developments were confirmed in early 2026 and are relevant for employers, HR teams and anyone with responsibility for payroll and reward structures. The first is the annual re-rating of National Insurance contributions, which takes effect from April 2026 and applies to day-to-day NIC calculations. The second is a reform to pension […]
Trade Union Law Changes from February 2026
From 18 February 2026, a series of statutory changes will fundamentally alter the legal framework governing trade unions and industrial action in the UK. These reforms sit within the wider architecture of the Employment Rights Act 2025 and are brought into force through multiple commencement regulations and consequential statutory instruments. Taken together, they represent the […]
Zero-Hours Working Rules 2026: What HR Teams Need to Know
The Employment Rights Act 2025 has started to bite earlier than many HR teams expected. One of the first changes to take effect, from 6 January 2026, directly affects how zero-hours working is structured, managed and policed inside organisations. For HR professionals, this is not simply a contract update exercise. It is a shift in […]
Preparing for April 2026: ERA 2025 Changes
The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces a phased programme of reform, but April 2026 is the point at which HR teams begin to feel the operational impact most directly. While later changes, including reforms to unfair dismissal qualifying service, have attracted political attention, the April 2026 measures reshape how absence, enforcement, consultation, leave and employee […]
April 2026 Changes under the ERA 2025
The Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) represents a significant recalibration of employment law enforcement and statutory entitlements in the UK. Although much of the public focus has been on reforms that will not take effect until 2027, including changes to unfair dismissal qualifying service, the changes scheduled for April 2026 will have a more […]
UK Settlement Shake-Up: Implications for HR & Employers
The Home Secretary has launched a formal consultation on a new earned settlement system for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK. The consultation proposes moving away from the familiar five-year route to ILR for most workers and their families and replacing it with a ten-year default that can be shortened or lengthened depending on […]
Earned Settlement: UK Consults on ILR Changes with 10-Year Default
The Home Office has launched a consultation on a new, contribution-based ‘Earned Settlement system that would replace the long-standing five-year route to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) for most migrants. The Home Secretary’s ‘command paper’ sets out what could be a fundamental shift in UK ILR rules: settlement would no longer be presented as a predictable […]
UK Asylum Reforms Published
The Home Office has released details of asylum reforms, outlining the government’s plan to restructure how the UK manages asylum, refugee protection and post-decision enforcement. UK Asylum Reforms The changes replace the current long-term, relatively predictable framework with one built around shorter grants of leave, regular reassessment, conditional support and faster removal processes. […]
UK Immigration Reforms 2025: What HR Needs to Know
The Home Office has confirmed a new wave of immigration reforms in its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 1333), published on 14 October 2025. These reforms form part of the government’s Plan for Change and will affect how employers, HR teams and recruiters manage international hiring, compliance and workforce planning from […]
UK Immigration Rule Changes October 2025
The Home Office has confirmed a wide set of reforms to the UK immigration system following the publication of the latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 1333) on 14 October 2025. The measures, forming part of the government’s Plan for Change, will tighten eligibility and increase costs for both employers and visa […]
UK Implements Key Changes to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) Under Windsor Framework
Effective 1 January 2025, the United Kingdom has enacted significant reforms to its Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) regime for medicinal products, aligning with the provisions of the Windsor Framework. These changes aim to streamline the regulatory landscape post-Brexit and ensure the uninterrupted supply of medicines across the UK, including Northern Ireland. Overview of the […]
UK Supreme Court to Decide on AI Patentability in Emotional Perception Case
The UK Supreme Court is set to hear a pivotal case that could redefine the boundaries of patent law concerning artificial intelligence (AI). The case, Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, centers on whether AI systems, specifically those utilizing artificial neural networks (ANNs), can be patented under UK law. […]
Getty Images v. Stability AI: A Landmark UK Case Poised to Redefine AI and Copyright Law
In a pivotal legal battle set to unfold this summer, the UK High Court will hear Getty Images v. Stability AI, a case that could significantly shape how artificial intelligence (AI) development is treated under UK copyright law. The Core Dispute Getty Images, a leading global visual content provider, is suing Stability AI, […]