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    Royal Mail eCourier drivers bring legal claim over worker status

    by Nic Paton 26 Aug 2025
    by Nic Paton 26 Aug 2025

    Drivers working for Royal Mail’s courier firm eCourier have launched a group legal claim arguing they have been unlawfully denied...

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    Law firm immigration caseloads up 40%

    by Rob Moss 26 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 26 Aug 2025

    Overhaul of immigration rules leads to surge in caseloads from businesses and individuals pursuing advice to settle in the UK.

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    Bank holidays: six things employers need to know

    by Personnel Today 22 Aug 2025
    by Personnel Today 22 Aug 2025

    We look at common questions on employers' minds regarding bank holidays. Northern Ireland marks the Battle of the Boyne on 12 July.

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    Exec hauled over coals for sleeping in sauna wins tribunal case

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025

    Shannon Burns’ claims for failure to make reasonable adjustments and discrimination arising from disability succeeded.

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    Lidl enters agreement with EHRC to prevent sexual harassment

    by Rob Moss 22 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 22 Aug 2025

    Lidl GB signs legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.

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    Immigration: huge fall in health and care worker visas

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025

    There were 20,519 health and care worker visas granted to main applicants in the year ending June 2025.

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    Government takes control of UK’s third largest steelworks

    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025

    The government has taken control of the UK’s third-largest steelworks in a bid to secure the future of its 1,450 employees. 

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    X settles severance claims of former Twitter employees

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025

    Social media firm and its owner Elon Musk have reached a settlement with some of its former employees who had sued for $500m (£373m) in severance pay.

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    Space X scores court win against US National Labor Relations Board

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025

    The ruling has also blocked the board from pursuing cases against Space X and two other companies.

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    Nature charity unfairly dismisses employee in ‘woeful’ process

    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025

    A conservation officer with the Hawk and Owl Trust was unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about the way the charity was run.

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    Security manager at BBC unfairly dismissed after ‘misusing’ CCTV

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Aug 2025

    Mr Rakib was accused of breaching data protection rules by employer Mitie while working at a BBC site in Cardiff.

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    Reasonable adjustment failures for epilepsy lead to £445k payout

    by Rob Moss 21 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 21 Aug 2025

    Former prison officer awarded £445k after unfair dismissal and failure to make reasonable adjustments for his epilepsy.

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    Midwife files belief claim after Trust reported social media posts

    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025

    A midwife who was reported to her regulator and counter-terrorism group Prevent by her former employer is taking the Trust to tribunal for belief discrimination.

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    ‘Noisy and boisterous’ younger colleagues not age-related harassment

    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025

    Woman claims age discrimination and harassment due to younger colleagues acting ‘noisy and boisterous’ but loses tribunal case.

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    Immigration restrictions’ impact on visa refusals – data

    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025

    Workers from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana and Zimbabwe have had the greatest number of visa applications refused, according to an analysis of Home Office figures.

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