On 13 August the Supreme Court allowed the appeal in the case of Augustine (Appellant) v Data Cars Limited (Respondent) – UK Supreme Court. It held that the Part Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (the 2000 Regulations) prohibit less favourable treatment of part-time workers where their part-time status is an
On 30 July 2026, Acas issued a new draft Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures (“the draft Code“) to replace the Code issued in 2015 (“the Code”). It will be subject to public consultation and then laid before both Houses of Parliament.
What is the Code?
Acas, the Advisory
On 8 July 2026, the government launched its consultation on Workplace Monitoring Technologies (WMT), marking a significant step of the Make Work Pay agenda. The consultation period is open until 30 September 2026 and aims to promote the fair, transparent, and responsible use of WMT.
What do we mean by WMT?
The consultation
As part of the government’s Plan to Make Work Pay, it committed to strengthening equal pay and ending pay discrimination. On 14 July, the government launched a consultation seeking views on how to deliver a comprehensive reform of the current equal pay framework, including measures designed to proactively prevent pay discrimination, ensure enforcement agencies are
On 2 June 2026, the government published its consultation on reforms to zero hours contracts: Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts.
The reforms which are contained in the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) have not yet taken effect. Regulations are required to outline key details
On 15 April 2026, the government launched a consultation on regulations to prevent the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases of workplace harassment or discrimination.
NDAs
NDAs are formal agreements or clauses used to keep information confidential by preventing disclosure. Historically, they have been used to protect commercial data, trade secrets and sensitive business
The UK government has published a consultation on a draft statutory Code of Practice on trade unions’ right of access to workplaces. The draft Code of Practice was published on 8 April 2026, with the consultation closing on 20 May 2026. These proposals signal a fundamental shift in the landscape of trade union access —
On 25 March, the government published its response to the consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, confirming its intention to proceed with a new reporting regime for large employers. Reporting will apply to organisations with 250 or more employees, aligning with the existing gender pay gap framework and avoiding additional regulatory burden
From 6 April 2026, the Employment Rights Act 2025 (the Act) will place a new duty on employers to create and retain records that are adequate to show they comply with statutory holiday entitlement rules, covering both leave taken and the pay associated with it.
The Act inserts a new regulation 16A into the Working
In a ruling dated November 13, 2025, the French Supreme Court determined that when an employee is hired under a fixed-term replacement contract, the employer must inform the new employee of the dismissal of the employee they have replaced. Failure to provide such notification results in the fixed-term employment contract being reclassified as