Legal Updates
Stay up to date with key HR and employment law developments. Our Monthly Legal Updates cover major judgments, legislative changes and forthcoming cases.
Legal Updates Library
January 2026: Key Updates & Legislative Changes
This update covers a quieter month for tribunal decisions but includes important developments employers should be aware of, including a ruling confirming that non-binary identity is not currently protected under gender reassignment provisions of the Equality Act, while still requiring respectful and inclusive workplace practices.
It also sets out significant upcoming changes to parental leave, new rights for bereaved partners, and major reforms to trade union and industrial action rules coming into force from February 2026, alongside the latest legislative changes employers need to prepare for.
December 2025: Key Updates & Legislative Changes
This update covers key December 2025 cases on disciplinary fairness, whistleblowing and delay, including confirmation that refusing a reasonable postponement or dragging out investigations can make dismissals unfair.
It also explains new Court of Appeal guidance allowing whistleblowers to bring both detriment and unfair dismissal claims from the same dismissal, alongside updates on single-sex spaces guidance, NDA restrictions, and the Employment Rights Bill receiving Royal Assent — including the removal of the cap on unfair dismissal compensation.
September 2025: Key Updates & Legislative Changes
This update covers the latest UK employment law cases and legal changes from September 2025, including rulings on gender-based policies, language use in disciplinary meetings, whistleblowing after employment ends, and when travel time counts for pay.
It also explains what the upcoming Employment Rights Bill could mean for employers, with changes to unfair dismissal rights, harassment duties and parental leave, plus a look ahead at cases and consultations to watch.
November 2025: Key Updates & Legislative Changes
This update brings together the key employment law decisions from November 2025, including further guidance on whistleblowing liability, fairness in disciplinary processes, off-site harassment, and constructive dismissal linked to disability.
It also revisits the impact of the Victims and Prisoners Act now in force, highlights progress on the Employment Rights Bill, and flags the cases and consultations employers should be watching as we head towards the end of the year.
October 2025: Key Updates & Legislative Changes
This update looks at key employment law decisions from October 2025, including important rulings on whistleblowing liability, the use of scripts in disciplinary hearings, off-site harassment, and high-value disability discrimination awards.
It also covers new NDA restrictions now in force under the Victims and Prisoners Act, plus the latest position on the Employment Rights Bill and upcoming cases employers should have on their radar.
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