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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Monthly Highlights – UK Employment Law – July 2025

In this month’s highlights, our team summarises the latest developments in UK employment law and their implications for employers. 1. The UK Government has published its “Implementation Roadmap” for the phased enforcement of...more

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Whistleblowing Job Applicants, Discrimination Outside Employment, and Liability for HR Consultants, Plus a News Roundup - UK HR...

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Our employment law update for May covers a new EAT case on whether job applicants can bring whistleblowing claims, whether a blatant racial insult falls outside the scope of the Equality Act 2010 because it was not made “in...more

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No ACAS Early Conciliation but the Claim Continues, and a General Employment News Round-Up: UK HR Two Minute Monthly - January...

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The return of our monthly format for employment law updates sees new cases on whether a failure to carry out ACAS Early Conciliation is fatal to claims progressing, whether a claimant after proceedings are ongoing can add new...more

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: May 2024

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Our May update includes a case on whistleblowing where the claimant’s belief in the disclosures was questioned along with whether decision makers who knew little or nothing about the disclosures could be blamed for those who...more

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Employment Flash - March 2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: February 2024 - Can a Job Applicant Bring a Whistleblowing Claim, Who Pays Up When a Claimant Wins at...

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Our February update includes a case on the issue of whether job applicants can bring whistleblowing claims, and a case on who pays what compensation to a successful claimant. We also feature a news round-up looking at what...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Employment Flash - February 2024

In this issue, we discuss upcoming regulatory changes as well as recent court decisions with far-reaching implications, including case law on the need to replace share awards on a TUPE transfer and a UK Supreme Court ruling...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly - March 2022

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Our March update considers key employment law developments from February 2022. It includes an important case on holiday pay for gig economy workers, EAT guidance on employment status and a case considering the ability of a...more

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Employment News: whistleblowing, equal pay, compensation

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Employment newsletter In this weeks issue: Beating around the bush – disclosure did not have to identify legal obligation Gone fishing – disclosure in equal pay claims All change – tribunal limits and pay gap reporting ...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: disability discrimination; TUPE; employment status

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As we move towards a ‘new normal’, our August 2020 update outlines some of the key non-COVID related employment law developments in the UK over the last month. It includes a TUPE-related ECJ judgment which takes a different...more

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Employment News: whistleblowing; unions; holidays

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It's not what you know – dismissal for whistleblowing despite dismissing manager's belief - In Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti the Supreme Court has reinstated a decision that an employee was dismissed because she had blown...more

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Employment News: Disability, Whistleblowing, Age

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Perception is king – rejection for hearing impairment perceived disability discrimination - In The Chief Constable of Norfolk v Coffey the Court of Appeal confirmed that rejecting a transfer request from someone with a...more

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Employment Newsletter: collective redundancies; maternity dismissals; reconciliation

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New arrival – proposals to extend redundancy protection for parents - The government is consulting on whether to extend redundancy protection for pregnant women and new parents....more

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Littler Global Guide - United Kingdom - Q4 2018

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Supreme Court Rules that Refusal to Bake “Gay-Cake” Was Not Discriminatory - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On October 10, 2018, the UK Supreme Court held a bakery and its Christian owners had...more

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Employment News - January 2018 #3

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Weekly newsletter on employment matters. In this weeks issue: - Wide reach – tribunal could hear claims against workers based abroad... - Is sex discrimination law fit for purpose? ...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Whistleblowing: What if the Decision-Maker Was Not Aware of the Protected Disclosures?

In Royal Mail Ltd v Jhuti [2017] EWCA Civ 1632 the Court of Appeal considered whether an employee who had made protected disclosures had been unfairly dismissed by a manager who was unaware that the employee had made such...more

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Employment News - October 2017 #4

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In this weeks issue: - Hear no evil – manager's motives not attributed to decision taker... - By contrast – EAT rejects argument that decision maker was innocent agent with no discriminatory motive... -...more

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Employment News - May 2017 #2

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Wrong answer – applicant should have been allowed an alternative to multiple choice test - The EAT in Government Legal Service v Brookes found that a job applicant with Asperger's had been unlawfully discriminated...more

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