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In Thandi and others v Next plc, it was found that market forces can be enough to justify indirectly discriminatory pay practices — employers are not bound to uplift pay of a group to which the same recruitment and retention pressures do not apply.

The first ‘naming and shaming’ list since the Fair Work Agency (FWA) took over the enforcement of the national minimum wage has been released.

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.

Latest data has revealed a significant rise in reports by whistleblowers of employers failing to pay the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The figures show that HMRC received 7,622 tip-offs during the 2024/2025 financial year, an increase of 360% since 2020/21.

A voluntary wage rate based on the cost of living, the ‘real Living Wage’ is overseen by the Living Wage Foundation and is paid by over 16,000 UK businesses. Employers who pay the real Living Wage must implement the new rates for 2025/26 by 1 May 2026.

The Department for Business and Trade has published its latest report on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) compliance and enforcement for the 2024/25 financial year.

The Government has published its latest “naming and shaming” list of employers and businesses which have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage (NMW).

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a consultation on fair pay agreements in adult social care in England. The consultation is seeking views from individuals and organisations on how to establish the best way to collectively agree a fair pay agreement.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published a list of 10 organisations who have failed to comply with their gender pay gap reporting obligations.

The Government has set out the new remit for the Low Pay Commission (LPC) when recommending the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates that will apply from April 2026. This comes as the Government takes the next steps to deliver its manifesto pledges to remove the “discriminatory” age bands and create a single adult rate.

In its response to the call for evidence on equality laws, which closed on 30 June 2025, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has suggested the Government brings back equal pay questionnaires by re-instating s.138 of the Equality Act 2010.

The 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report, published by PwC, shows the average gender pay gap in the UK for 2024/25 saw the second largest decrease since 2017 – when pay gap reporting was introduced.