Employment Rights Bill: Recognition

This second article in our weekly series on the Employment Rights Bill examines how Labour’s reforms to trade union recognition — including lowering and removing some statutory thresholds, curbing employer interference, and strengthening measures to empower workers — simplify the process of securing recognition, while leaving important detail to be set out in forthcoming regulations.

Mayanja v City of Bradford and Metropolitan District Council

This case note examines an Employment Appeal Tribunal decision where fresh email evidence confirming a job offer undermined the Tribunal’s adverse credibility findings against a claimant, leading to both liability and costs judgments being set aside and the claims remitted for a full rehearing.