The Browne Jacobson podcast

NDAs are commonplace in employment settlements.  However, changes proposed as part of the Employment Rights Act 2025 could fundamentally alter how harassment and discrimination complaints are settled. Claire Rosney and Kerren Daly unpack the proposed changes, which could see confidentiality agreements become void unless they meet the proposed “excepted agreement” framework, and they explain why th...

Trade unions are about to get a new right to access to workplaces which could be one of the most significant changes under the ERA 2025. We talk through the forthcoming statutory right of access under the Employment Rights Act 2025, expected to arrive in October 2026, and why it changes the long-standing reality that employers could simply refuse access unless they chose to agree.  We unpack what...

The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces significant changes to unfair dismissal rights. In this episode, Claire Rosney, Professional Development Lawyer at Browne Jacobson, and Emma Capper, Head of Employment, walk through what is changing, when it takes effect, and what your organisation needs to do now.  Background   The government's original manifesto commitment was to give all employees...