Employment Law Matters

273 A New Dismissal Test for Pregnant Employees

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272 Bogus self-employment, and Ramphal revisited

Getting Redundancy Right: https://danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyrightHarassment Pack 2026: https://danielbarnett.com/harassmentConsultation document (PDF): https://a

271 Getting Redundancy Right

Getting Redundancy Right - www.danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyright HR Inner Circle - www.hrinnercircle.co.uk 🎁 FREE STUFF Employment law updates – www.danielbarnet

270 Burnham Takes Aim at Non-Competes

Getting Redundancy Right - www.danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyright HR Inner Circle - www.hrinnercircle.co.uk SI 2026/1065: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1

269 Three Becomes Six

Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Right to join a union - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ab39b77fe72ed1e2b02ef02/government

268 Delay and Detail for the Duty to Inform

Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Timeline update - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-the-plan-to-mak

267 New Flexible Working Rules Finally Take Shape

Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Flexible working consultation response - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6

266 Tribunals Can’t Cope

Employment Law MasterClass: www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Tribunal statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-

265 B&Q named and shamed - who’s next?

Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Minimum wage naming and shaming - NMW naming round 24 press release, DBIST and Fair Work Agency, 3 Septemb

264 January 2027 has already started

Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclassCode of Practice (Electronic and Workplace Balloting for Statutory Trade Union Ballots) Order 2026, SI 2026/

263 Gratuitous Consultation

MasterClass tour 2026: www.danielbarnett.com/masterclassRevised tipping code of practice: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/make-work-pay-revised-tipping-code-o

262 Deadlines, Delivery Plans and Data Cars

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 s

261 The Biggest Rewrite Since 2009

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 Di

259 When the harasser is your biggest client

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260 The sword that kills you…

MasterClass booking: https://danielbarnett.com/masterclass Lewis Silkin, “What’s in the Employment Rights Act?” (21 July 2026): https://www.lewissilkin.com/insights/2026

258 The Countdown to 30 October…

Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law MasterClass - https://www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass SI 2026/756, Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) (Required Information) Regu

257 Holiday, Tipping, Time Limits & Legal Officers

Written Ministerial Statement HCWS158, “Implementing the Employment Rights Act: June 2026 Update”, 30 June 2026: commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/106462/Pdf?subType

256 Data, data everywhere

Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/contentsICO guidance, How to deal with data protection complaints: https://ico.org.uk/for-org

255 You didn’t know this about unfair dismissal

Tribunal Statistics Quarterly, January to March 2026 (MoJ, 11 June 2026): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2026/tr

254 Zero Hours Consultation

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism report https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-05-12/national-disgrace-workers-taking-bosses-to-court-forced-to-wait-unt