Countdown to the Employment Rights Act 2025: Key Changes and How to Prepare
The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces some of the most significant reforms to UK employment law in decades.
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Strong Foundations: The Importance of Remembering the Basics
With much attention understandably being focused on forthcoming changes to employment law brought about by the Employment Rights Act, it remains important to remember the basics.
Read MoreQualifying for unfair dismissal and the effect on employees recruited in 2026
After many hours of parliamentary debate and vast amounts of discussion in the HR and legal communities, we now appear to have a settled position on qualification for unfair dismissal.
Read MoreWorld Menopause Month 2025 – Lifestyle Medicine
This year for Menopause Awareness month we move away from hormone therapy and delve into what we can do when it comes to Lifestyle Medicine and our menopause journey.
Read MoreMenopause Awareness Month 2025
The Employment Rights Bill is in its final stages of the parliamentary process. It includes new legislation on enhanced workplace support for menopausal women. This legislation, expected to come into force in 2026 recognises that Menopause is no longer a “silent” topic in the workplace. Across the UK, businesses are waking up to the reality that this natural life transition deserves attention, support, and proper structure in the workplace.
Read MoreNon-disclosure agreements and discrimination allegations
I was speaking to a group of employers in London recently about the Government's recently introduced proposal to ban confidentiality clauses (or NDAs to use the American terminology) in cases involving discrimination allegations. Judging by their worried looks and their comments, this is a development that is causing employers a lot of concern.
Read More25 Years of Sherrards!
Last year we reached the 25th anniversary of Sherrards Employment Law Solicitors. In late 1999, after leaving the firm where I had been a partner, I travelled up to Emirates’ office in London and started Sherrards in their ground floor foyer.
Read MoreSpeaking Up
As the fallout from the Harrods sexual harassment cases continues, and with Al Fayed being compared to Jimmy Savile, it makes us question once again why on earth people were so reluctant to speak up.
Read MoreEmployment Rights Bill Unveiled
In the 2024 General Election campaign, the Labour Party gave prominence to their manifesto commitment of "Making Work Pay". We were promised the greatest shakeup of individual employment rights in a generation, along with a commitment to progress this to legislation within 100 days of winning the election.
Read MoreMenopause Awareness Month
The theme for World Menopause Day 2024 is Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT).
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