Lobby groups hoping that the Employment Rights Bill will be shelved or materially changed are likely to be in for a disappointment, according to legal experts.
Jo Faragher

Jo Faragher
Jo Faragher has been an employment and business journalist for 20 years. She regularly contributes to Personnel Today and writes features for a number of national business and membership magazines. Jo is also the author of 'Good Work, Great Technology', published in 2022 by Clink Street Publishing, charting the relationship between effective workplace technology and productive and happy employees. She won the Willis Towers Watson HR journalist of the year award in 2015 and has been highly commended twice.
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Gregg Wallace has launched legal action against the BBC after his dismissal from MasterChef, according to filings with the High Court.
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Only four in 10 employees would feel comfortable talking about suicide with a colleague, according to new data from MHFA England.
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There needs to be a ‘step-change’ in how employers manage and prevent employee sickness, according to the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM).
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People from working class backgrounds are no more likely to become doctors now than they were in the 1960s, according to new research on social mobility.
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A reshuffle of top government positions after the resignation of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has sparked concerns about the future of the Employment Rights Bill.
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An administrator has won a claim for unfair dismissal after she shopped online on her work computer.
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Lloyds Banking Group will use performance management measures to put around 5% of its staff at risk of dismissal, according to reports.
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An office manager who called her manager and another director ‘dickheads’ during a meeting was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.
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A cyber attack at Jaguar Land Rover has forced it to take IT systems offline and send staff home.
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Ex-Specsavers director suspended over wrongful expense claims of £77k
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherA director at Specsavers has been suspended by the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service for wrongfully claiming almost £80,000 in expenses.
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Software giant Salesforce has laid off around 4,000 employees in its customer service division as part of a shift to using more AI in its operations.
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Workforce issues could put the brakes on the government’s ambitious plans to expand free childcare, a charity has warned.
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A dental nurse has been awarded £25,000 for constructive dismissal at tribunal after she was subjected to ‘rude, isolating, bullying and belittling’ behaviour.