Employment Law Review
Thompsons’ Employment Law Review is recognised as an authoritative source of comment and discussion from our trade union law specialists. Available to read here, and also via a weekly email bulletin, the Employment Law Review offers considerable insight into the latest issues affecting trade unions and their members.
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Latest Issues
Weekly Issue 918
- How should the Acas uplift be applied in high value discrimination cases?
- The Government responds to the consultation on setting up the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSNB) and sets out its proposal as to who will be in scope.
Weekly Issue 917
- Burger v Risk Solutions BG Ltd & JD Wetherspoon plc – Is a pub operator vicariously liable for the actions of door staff supplied by an independent security contractor?
- Make Work Pay: draft code of practice on electronic and workplace balloting for statutory union ballots
Weekly Issue 916
- Leedham v Royal Mail Group Limited - Does a digital online payslip comply with the legal duty on employers to provide a written payslip?
- Parliament approves extension of Employment Tribunal time limits to six months
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 899
Micro Focus Ltd v Mr James Mildenhall: [2025] EAT 188
A recent EAT ruling in Micro Focus v Mildenhall clarifies when the duty to collectively consult applies and what employers must consider during redundancy processes. Read more.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 899
Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave: Draft Regulations Laid Before Parliament
New draft regulations could give bereaved partners up to 52 weeks of paternity leave from April 2026.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 898
Employment Rights Act 2025: TU Detriment & Dismissal
Discover how the Employment Rights Act 2025 strengthens protection for workers taking part in industrial action, including new safeguards against unfair dismissal and employer‑imposed detriment.
Disciplinary and dismissal
Weekly Issue 898
Mr Mohammed Shazan Chaudhry v Paperchase Products Limited (formerly in administration) and Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Learn what the Chaudhry case means for workers when an employer becomes insolvent, including why a basic award for unfair dismissal can only be recovered from the Secretary of State after a formal Employment Tribunal decision.
Trade union information
Weekly Issue 898
Government revised codes and guidance on the law on trade unions coming into force on 18 February 2026
Find out what the Government’s new draft codes and transitional guidance mean for industrial action ballots, picketing, notice periods and worker protections ahead of the Employment Rights Act 2025 changes taking effect in 2026.
Employment tribunals and tribunal fees
Weekly Issue 897
A and B v C Limited, D, E, F, G
An important appeal on remedy in discrimination claims, examining ACAS Code uplifts, mitigation of loss and psychiatric injury—read more.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 897
Political Subs and Certification Officer
The Employment Rights Act 2025 reverses key Trade Union Act 2016 restrictions—restoring default opt-in for union political funds, removing 10-year review ballots, and scaling back the Certification Officer’s powers
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 896
The Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025 becoming the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025).
The Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025 becoming the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025).
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 895
Employment Rights Bill: Access
Labour’s plan to give unions access to workplaces could boost organising efforts, with new enforcement powers and penalties for non-compliant employers. Find out more
Unfair dismissal
Weekly Issue 895
Ian Rice v Wicked Vision Limited [2025] EWCA Civ 1466:
Find out how a whistleblowing sales head won the right to pursue both unfair dismissal and detriment claims arising from the same dismissal.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 895
Government Backs Down on Day One Unfair Dismissal Rights, Signals Shift on Compensation Cap
The government has confirmed it will abandon plans for day one unfair dismissal rights in the Employment Rights Bill.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 894
Employment Rights Bill: Recognition
How Labour’s Employment Rights Bill reforms trade union recognition, simplifying thresholds and limiting employer tactics to strengthen workers’ voice.