Government publishes response to Consultation on Trade Union Access and lays draft Regulations and Code of Practice before Parliament

Discover how the Government’s updated trade union workplace access code strengthens workers’ rights, improves union access and supports fair representation at work.

Did a clause requiring an employee to pay back the training fee amount to a restraint of trade?

The Court confirmed that a clause requiring an employee to repay money on leaving can restrain trade even if it does not directly stop them working elsewhere.

Government launches review of the employment rights of unpaid carers almost three years after the Carers Leave Act was passed.

The government has launched a consultation as part of its Make Work Pay agenda, seeking views on whether employment rights for unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children go far enough.