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The Home Office has published a draft of the revised Employer’s Guide to Right to Work Checks which sets out the steps employers must take to prevent illegal working in the UK and establish a statutory excuse against civil penalty liability by carrying out right to work checks.

The summer holiday season is upon us and ensuring business operations are undisturbed whilst complying with annual leave obligations under the Working Time Regulations 1998 takes careful management.

The Government has launched a consultation on strengthening employment rights for unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children. As part of its Plan to Make Work Pay and Next Steps to Make Work Pay the Government committed to review the implementation of Carer’s Leave and consider whether there is a need to change the current entitlement introduced by the previous government under the Carer’s Leave Act 2023. Subsequently, in November 2025 the Department for Business and Trade published the terms of reference for the Government’s review of Carer’s Leave and employment rights for unpaid carers.

The Government has released its latest quarterly report on illegal working penalties issued to employers across the UK, as part of its ongoing crackdown on illegal employment.

The Government has announced the launch of several different pilots intended to test reforms to the fit note system, which it has deemed to be “broken”. Currently, around 11 million fit notes are issued every year and in more than 9 in 10 cases, they declare the subject "not fit for work".

The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has launched an inquiry and a call for evidence on access to flexible working for disabled people.

In Tarbuc v Martello Piling Ltd the Employment Appeal Tribunal found that evidence from pre-settlement negotiations must be considered in cases where multiple claims are brought, even if one of those claims is unfair dismissal where they would ordinarily be inadmissible as evidence.

The Department for Business and Trade has published an Options Assessment for regulations to prevent the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) as part of the government’s open consultation on this issue.

The King’s Speech, which is written by the Government, has been delivered laying out the Government’s plans for legislative reform over the next 12 months.

According to the latest labour market statistics released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of payrolled employees fell by 109,000 (0.4%) over the year to January 2026 and by 31,000 (0.1%) over the quarter from November 2025.

A woman in charge of vulnerable people’s finances has been jailed after abusing her position to steal more than £55,000 directly from residents’ bank accountsr-old Contractor was crushed to death while working at Tata steel’s Port Talbot steelworks. The fatal incident led to a prosecution, and in July 2025, the company was fined £1.5 million following an HSE investigation that uncovered serious safety failings.

44% of business leaders have postponed the plans they had to sell their businesses as business property relief and capital gains tax fears begin to mount.