employment rights

As the impact of the Employment Rights Act starts to be felt, Laura Darnley, Partner, Ward Hadaway discusses how HR needs to prepare for the next wave of change. The Employment Rights Act 2025 is more than a legislative update: it is a comprehensive A–Z overhaul of UK employment law, affecting everything from agency workers […]

Are Gen Z workers more sensitive to offence? Lydia Wawiye, Senior Associate, Employment Law Solicitor, Parfitt Cresswell outlines the legal duty of care of employers.   Different people find offence in different things. This is particularly true when you combine people from different cultures and ages, whose life experience will be equally diverse. In the work […]

Last month, the new-ish Labour government delivered its anticipated Employment Rights Bill seeking to deliver "economic security and growth to businesses, workers and communities across the UK".