Top 10 Tips for Employers on the Employment Rights Act 2025 Reforms
Have you made the changes you need to comply with the reforms already in force? The Employment Rights Act 2025 is the most significant shake-up of employment law in decades, which is currently being implemented in phases. A first wave of changes is already in force (April 2026), with further major reforms expected from October 2026 and into...
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Employment Law Spring Update
Watch our spring employment law update where we bring you up to speed on the current updates in the employment law world.
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Sexual Harassment at Work: New Duties on Employers
Back in 2019, the Government consulted on whether there should be a duty on employers to prevent the sexual harassment of their employees, and this was met with support. In July 2021, the Government responded to the results of that consultation by...
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April 2023: Statutory Pay Rates & Unfair Dismissal Compensation Limits Increase
As always, April means new increases to a range of statutory rates and limits. We have set out below the key changes taking effect in April 2023 that employers need to know about.
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How Should an Employer Respond When a Cyber Incident Occurs?
Whilst prevention is the best cure for cyber incidents and data breaches, no organisation can consider itself untouchable, and employers must be prepared for the worst. In this article, Our Employment Law experts explore how an employer should...
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A Legal Right to Request a Predictable Working Pattern
The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill comes as part of a package of policies that the government is supporting to improve worker’s rights across the country, such as entitling carers to a period of unpaid leave to support a dependent...
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Myerson Magazine January 2023 Issue
Our magazine covers a wide range of private client topics such as terms of employment contracts, common mistakes when divorcing, the residential property market and inhabitation of family home after death.
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“Fire and Rehire” Practices by Employers
The government has launched a consultation that could introduce restrictions on the ability of employers to use “fire and rehire” tactics to force through contractual changes to their staffs employment . A draft of the new Statutory Code of...
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Is There a Minimum Workplace Temperature?
Having only just thawed out from temperatures that dipped as low as -10⁰C earlier this month, the UK is braced for more snow and frost in the coming weeks. At the other end of the thermometer, it was only a few months ago that we saw record-break...
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Government Consults on Holiday Pay for Part-Year Workers
Following the recent case of Harpur Trust v Brazel, it appeared that many businesses would need to revisit their holiday calculations for part-year workers. Myerson has previously discussed the background and decision of this important case at our...
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Employment Law Developments on the Horizon in 2023
2023 can be a busy year for employment law changes, with a legislative agenda that includes possible post-Brexit reforms for EU-derived laws, increased employers protection from strikes, and a raft of private members bills offering additional...
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Christmas Parties and Employee Misconduct
What happens at the Christmas Party, does NOT stay at the Christmas Party Looking back at December 2020, English regions were trying to get to grips with the tier system and the rule of six. Christmas parties across the nation were held virtually...
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New National Minimum Wage Rates Announced
The new National Minimum Wage rates that employers will need to comply with from 1 April 2023 have been announced. The Government has confirmed that the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage hourly rates will increase from 1 st April...
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