CIPD Chief Examiner Stephen Taylor reviews how General Elections promote legislative change. Cynicism about promised legislative change in the world of work is widespread in the UK right now. A General Election date has been set for 4 July 2024. In ...

In our May 2024 legal blog, the CIPD looks at how the EU’s agreed AI rules signal the first worldwide rules on artificial intelligence.   We share how a flexible working request refusal transformed into a disability discrimination cl...

In our April 2024 legal blog, the CIPD explores the landmark ruling from the Supreme Court in Mercer v Secretary of State for Business and Trade.  Plus, while multiple new employment laws commenced this month, there are notable further changes b...

In our March 2024 legal blog the CIPD explores how the financial industry’s Sexism in the City report may point to the tip of an ‘inappropriate NDAs iceberg’. We look to the clarification provided in cases of verbal request for unpa...

In our February 2024 legal blog, the CIPD explores the people profession’s legal obligations around AI, the increased fines and risk associated with employing an illegal worker (even unwittingly) and the upcoming Statutory Rates changes for 202...

In our January 2024 legal blog the CIPD explores how significant changes to family-friendly measures coming this April will impact your workplace. We look at two tribunal cases which should be considered when assessing flexible working and discrimina...

In our December legal blog, the CIPD summarises what UK employment law changes are on the horizon in 2024.   This blog was updated on 1 January 2024. The details of this blog are accurate at the time of writing. The CIPD maintains updated record...

CIPD looks at employment law developments in October and November 2023 for England, Scotland and Wales.  November has seen the return of a Supreme Court decision in Deliveroo vs Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB). Riders fo...

CIPD summarises employment law developments in October and November 2023 for England, Scotland and Wales.  November saw the return of a Supreme Court decision in Deliveroo vs Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), concluding t...

CIPD looks at UK employment law developments in September 2023 On 18 September, two acts received Royal Assent: Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill  This act extends pensions automatic enrolment to younger jobholde...

CIPD looks at UK employment law developments in August 2023  Fines raised for firms found to be employing illegal migrants   New fines are set to come into force in early 2024 for firms who are found to have repeatedly employed illegal...

*This post was written in late June, 2023. For the most up-to-date information on legislative changes under RUEL please see our member-support page: https://www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge/employment-law/retained-eu-law-bill-employment-changes/&n...

On 24 May 2023, three acts extending protections for parents and carers received Royal Assent: The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act  This act allows up to 12 weeks paid leave for employed parents with a baby that is admitted to neonat...

*This post was written in May 2023, for the most up-to-date information on legislative changes under RUEL please see our member-support page https://www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge/employment-law/retained-eu-law-bill-employment-changes/As the UK Gover...

Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law developments in January and February 2023 for England, Scotland and Wales.  Teachers’ strikes  On 1 February 2023, 85% of schools in England and Wales were either fully or...

Jill Evans, law content analyst, CIPD, looks at UK employment law developments in December 2022 and January 2023.The statutory rate for maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay rises in April this year from the current £156.66 to ...

Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law developments in October and November 2022 for England, Scotland and Wales.  Minimum wage 2023  The government has announced a 9.7% increase across most categories of the Nationa...

* This post was written in October 2022, for the most up-to-date information on legislative changes under RUEL please see our member-support page https://www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge/employment-law/retained-eu-law-bill-employment-changes/Jill Evans, Law...

Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law developments in August and September 2022 for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.  Additional UK bank holiday  An additional UK bank holiday was announced to coincide...

Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law developments in July and August 2022 for England, Scotland, and Wales. A handful of new employment laws appeared before Parliament’s summer shutdown. In mid-July, draft regulat...

Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law developments in June and July 2022 for England, Scotland, and Wales. On 13 July, the RMT union, representing railway, maritime and transport workers, announced a one-day strike over ...

‘Future of work’ review, protection for low-pay and shop workers, self-isolating for monkeypox. Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law changes and case law in May 2022.This month’s Queen’s Speech l...

Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law changes and case law in January to April 2022 April 2022 saw the following increases in statutory pay rates:  Maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay rose to &po...

By Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst.  The government has announced new minimum wage rates for 2022 but has not said when the long-awaited Employment Bill will be published. The Bill is expected, among other measures, to: Make flexible working th...

Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law changes in April/May 2021April is the month when statutory rates increase, and this year is no exception. Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental pay rose to £...