Employment Law Matters

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🎁 FREE STUFF Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com          My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk   💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES Employment Rights Act update service - https://danielbarnett.com/employmentrightsact/ Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk HR Policies - https://danielbarnett.com/policies/ Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlaw...

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Getting Redundancy Right: https://danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyright Harassment Pack 2026: https://danielbarnett.com/harassment Consultation document (PDF): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6acf51882de3184ccf8b80b5/employment-status-reform-and-protections-for-the-self-employed.pdf Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer summary: https://www.hsfkramer.com/notes/employment/2026-posts/uk-e...

Getting Redundancy Right - www.danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyright HR Inner Circle - www.hrinnercircle.co.uk 🎁 FREE STUFF Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com          My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk   💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES Employment Rights Act update service - https://danielbarnett.com/employmentrightsact/ Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co...

Getting Redundancy Right - www.danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyright HR Inner Circle - www.hrinnercircle.co.uk SI 2026/1065: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1065/made Darren Newman - https://rangeofreasonableresponses.com/2026/10/09/tackling-bogus-self-employment/ 🎁 FREE STUFF Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com          My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk   💎 PROD...

Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Right to join a union - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ab39b77fe72ed1e2b02ef02/government-response-make-work-pay-duty-to-inform-workers-of-their-right-to-join-a-trade-union.pdf Acas flexible working consultation - https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/acas-consultations/code-of-practice-flexible-working-requests-2026 🎁 FRE...

Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Timeline update - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-the-plan-to-make-work-pay-and-employment-rights-act/plan-to-make-work-pay-and-employment-rights-act-timeline-update Duty to inform consultation outcome - Full response PDF (27 pages): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ab39b77fe72ed1...

Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Flexible working consultation response - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aa94e08086ce7c57b8184cb/flexible-working-consultation-response.pdf NSL v Bean - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aa950ad2f29b388848184ef/NSL_Ltd_v_Mr_Dean_Bean__2026__EAT_132.pdf 🎁 FREE STUFF Employment law updates...

Employment Law MasterClass: www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Tribunal statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026 Next Retail v Thandi: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a9add70f5b35599aec19258/1__Next_Retail_Ltd_2__Next_Distribution_Ltd_v_Miss_M_Thandi_and_others__2026__EAT_1...

Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Minimum wage naming and shaming - NMW naming round 24 press release, DBIST and Fair Work Agency, 3 September 2026: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/short-changing-staff-isnt-a-shortcut-to-success-nearly-660-employers-announced-as-failing-to-pay-the-minimum-wage Kristensen v Portman Healthcare Ltd [2026] EAT 127 - https://assets.publi...

Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Code of Practice (Electronic and Workplace Balloting for Statutory Trade Union Ballots) Order 2026, SI 2026/880: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/880/made Electronic and workplace balloting: code of practice: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electronic-and-workplace-balloting-code-of-practice Make Work Pay: revised ti...

MasterClass tour 2026: www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Revised tipping code of practice: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/make-work-pay-revised-tipping-code-of-practice GOV.UK , Electronic and workplace balloting: code of practice (in force 25 August 2026): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electronic-and-workplace-balloting-code-of-practice 🎁 FREE STUFF Employment law updat...

It’s now just three weeks until the first Work in Progress session of my autumn MasterClass tour, in St Albans. Newcastle is completely sold out. Birmingham and Bristol sold out too, so we’ve secured bigger rooms in both venues, and even those are already over eighty percent full. Southampton and Edinburgh are filling up fast, and there’s still plenty of room in Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester. I’ve...

Daniel returns from two weeks at sea to a double edition covering the biggest shake-up in workplace procedures for a generation: the draft new Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, the first full rewrite since 2009. Informal resolution, new letter requirements, a necessity test for suspension, and worker terminology throughout. Plus electronic balloting for union votes ar...

MasterClass booking: https://danielbarnett.com/masterclass Timeline document: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-the-plan-to-make-work-pay-and-employment-rights-act/plan-to-make-work-pay-and-employment-rights-act-timeline-update Slaughter and May, Employment Bulletin July 2026: https://www.slaughterandmay.com/insights/new-insights/employment-bulletin-july-2026/ Lewis Silkin, “...

MasterClass booking: https://danielbarnett.com/masterclass Lewis Silkin, “What’s in the Employment Rights Act?” (21 July 2026): https://www.lewissilkin.com/insights/2026/07/21/whats-in-the-employment-rights-act Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, “UK: new consultations on enforcement of statutory holiday rights and workplace monitoring” (22 July 2026): https://www.hsfkramer.com/notes/employment/2026-p...

Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law MasterClass - https://www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass  SI 2026/756, Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) (Required Information) Regulations 2026: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/756/contents/made (commencement confirmed at reg 1: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/756/regulation/1/made ) SI 2026/758, Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limit...

Written Ministerial Statement HCWS158, “Implementing the Employment Rights Act: June 2026 Update”, 30 June 2026: commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/106462/Pdf?subType=Standard Consultation: Make Work Pay: holiday pay compliance and enforcement (opened 30 June 2026, closes 22 September 2026): gov.uk/government/consultations/make-work-pay-holiday-pay-compliance-and-enforcement Government respons...

Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/contents ICO guidance, How to deal with data protection complaints: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/how-to-deal-with-data-protection-complaints/ Travers Smith, Get ready for the new data protection complaints handling rules: https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/get-ready-for-the-new-data-protect...

Tribunal Statistics Quarterly, January to March 2026 (MoJ, 11 June 2026): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2026/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2026 Darren Newman, “Is the government serious about guaranteed hours?” (Range of Reasonable Responses, 2 June 2026): https://rangeofreasonableresponses.com/2026/06/02/is-the-government...

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism report https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-05-12/national-disgrace-workers-taking-bosses-to-court-forced-to-wait-until-2030 Personnel Today, “Employers respond to King’s Speech 2026” https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/kings-speech-employers-respond-cipd-cbi-commentary/ REC response to the King’s Speech 2026 https://www.rec.uk.com/our-view/policy...

Masterclass tour 2026: https://danielbarnett.com/masterclass HR Inner Circle: https://danielbarnett.com/hr-inner-circle/ Misuse of NDAs consultation (closes 8 July 2026): https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/make-work-pay-misuse-of-non-disclosure-agreements-ndas Lewis Silkin, Government consults on collective redundancy thresholds: https://www.lewissilkin.com/insights/2026/02/27/government-...

Daniel’s MasterClass Tour (Autumn 2026): www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Fair Work Agency contact page (helpline update, 22 May 2026): https://www.gov.uk/guidance/contact-the-fair-work-agency Work and Pensions Committee Disability at Work proposal — People Management, 22 May 2026: https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1959113/employers-face-two-week-deadline-disabled-workers-adjustment-requ...

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism report https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-05-12/national-disgrace-workers-taking-bosses-to-court-forced-to-wait-until-2030 Personnel Today, “Employers respond to King’s Speech 2026” https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/kings-speech-employers-respond-cipd-cbi-commentary/ REC response to the King’s Speech 2026 https://www.rec.uk.com/our-view/policy...