At the Acas 2025 conference in Westminster, Soames accused the government of failing to listen to businesses's concerns about the proposals.
Employment law
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Teacher and union rep awarded £370,000 after head teacher unfairly dismissed her in ‘revenge’ for her opposing lesson observations plan.
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EHRC extends consultation on an updated code of practice –  following Supreme Court’s biological sex judgment – from two to six weeks.
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Scoring someone lower in a redundancy selection process if they do not have a degree can constitute indirect age discrimination.
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‘Polygamous working’, or secretly holding down more than one full-time job, may be on the rise, especially with remote or...
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal has dismissed an appeal regarding a discrimination claim brought by a cleaner for the Ministry of...
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With hybrid working and technology blurring the boundaries between home and work-life as never before, it is vital employers –...
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Prime minister Keir Starmer announced the government’s Immigration White Paper this morning, pledging to drastically reduce employers’ reliance on overseas...
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The government will ‘radically reform’ the UK’s immigration system under new measures proposed in today’s immigration white paper.
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The former employees of Bowie Construction will receive their payouts from the government’s Redundancy Payments Service.
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Workers could be awarded compensation after their death if businesses breach a ban on zero-hours contracts.
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NHS worker awarded £29,000 by employment tribunal after being assigned Darth Vader personality type in Star Wars-themed Myers-Briggs exercise.
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The world’s largest asset manager BlackRock has told its senior staff to return to the office five days a week.
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Gig or platform workers can be an overlooked group when it comes to employment protections and safety.
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Quarterly employment tribunal statistics show the number of open cases has risen from 39,000 to 49,800 in 12 months.