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For claims presented for discrimination, harassment, victimisation and detriment in protected disclosure (“whistleblowing”) claims, employees can claim compensation for ‘injury to feelings’. 

National Minimum Wage Increase – What Employers Need to Know  

Further to our 2024 update we now look ahead to the changes on the horizon in employment law for 2025. 

In the case of Gallagher v McKinnon's Auto and Tyres Limited the Employment Appeal Tribunal needed to decide whether the Employment Tribunal at a preliminary hearing had been correct in deciding that the pre-termination discussions, purported to be a ‘Protected Conversation’ in accordance with s.111A of the Employment Rights Act 1996, were inadmissible in the Claimant’s claim for unfair dismissal. 

The Employment Rights Bill was introduced by Parliament on 10 October 2024. There are 28 individual reforms, many of which are subject to further consultation and will not be immediately in force (October 2026 being mooted for some of the changes).  

The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (“the Act”) comes fully into force today, 1 October 2024.