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The Government has merged the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to form the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology (DBIST).

New documents have been published to sit alongside the Government’s Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts consultation.

Every organisation, at some point or another, must deal with disciplinary and grievance procedures — it’s an unavoidable fact. Dealing with employer and employee concerns in a constructive way is essential to the smooth running of the business and for years employers have relied on the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures to provide guidance on how to navigate these. Now, for the first time since 2009, this code is being significantly revised. We look at these revisions and what they mean for the future of disciplinary and grievance procedures.

Following the establishment of the new state enforcement body, the Fair Work Agency (FWA) in April 2026, the FWA has begun contacting employers informing them of an inspection. We look at what employers should do to prepare for such an inspection.

In Tait v Holiday Extras, it was found that temporary measures in place of permanent reasonable adjustments do not satisfy the duty to make reasonable adjustments.

A new report compiled by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University, commissioned by the TUC, has found that 1.24 million people are employed on zero-hours contracts in the UK, a record high.

The Government has announced that Global Talent visas, available for leaders or potential leaders in academia or research, arts and culture and digital technology, have been extended.

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 Government has delayed the introduction of tighter laws on tipping under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) after criticism of the Government’s plans from the trade union, Unite.

The Code of Practice (Electronic and Workplace Balloting for Statutory Trade Union Ballots) Order 2026, laid before Parliament on 28 July 2026, confirms that the Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Balloting for Statutory Trade Union Ballots will come into force on 25 August 2026.

The Government has published its response to two different trade union-related consultations, as well as new regulations, as part of measures being introduced under the Employment Rights Act 2025.

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.