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New Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment for UK Employers Now in Effect

A new duty came into force on 26 October 2024 requiring UK employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of employees in the course of their employment under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act...more

UK Employers’ New Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment: Are You Ready?

Employers have a new duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of employees in the course of their employment under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 (the Act). After receiving...more

UK Government Confirms Approach to Menopause in the Workplace

The UK government published its response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s (WEC) report on “Menopause and the Workplace” on 24 January. In a watering down of the WEC’s proposals, and what the WEC has described as a...more

AI in the UK Workplace: Key Employment and Privacy Considerations

While there is currently no specific regulatory framework in the United Kingdom governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI), it is partially regulated. With a number of employment law and data privacy implications, the...more

UK Discrimination Protection’s New Frontier: The Future Legal Landscape for Menopause at Work

In its report on menopause in the workplace, the UK House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee recommended that menopause be considered a protected characteristic under Section 14 of the Equality Act. In the meantime,...more

Exclusivity, Noncompetes, and No Poaching: Navigating UK and US Employment and Competition Laws

Laws in the United Kingdom and United States are increasingly taking a more restrictive view on the permitted scope of exclusivity and noncompete clauses. On December 4, 2020, the UK government launched a consultation on...more

UK Court of Appeal Upholds Injunction Following Breach of Strike Ballot Rules

Royal Mail has successfully persuaded the United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal to uphold an injunction halting plans for a Christmas strike by postal service workers due to alleged breaches of the procedural requirements for...more

UK Court of Appeal Ruling Paves Way for Collective Bargaining Without Veto Right for Unions

The UK Court of Appeal (the CoA) issued its judgment on 13 June in the case of Kostal UK Ltd v Dale Dunkley and Others, which called into question the scope of S.145B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Consolidation Act...more

ECJ: Member States Must Require Employers to Record Workers’ Daily and Weekly Hours

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on 14 May in Federacion de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras v Deutsche Bank SAE, which called into question the validity of member states’ implementation of the European Union’s...more

UK Court: No Discrimination for Failure to Pay Enhanced Shared Parental Pay Equal to Maternity Pay

The central issue in two appeals brought in the UK Court of Appeal in May was whether it is unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex for men on shared parental leave to be paid less than women on statutory maternity leave...more

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