An employment tribunal has found that an employee was unfairly dismissed after having been overheard making critical remarks about their manager. The employee received a final written warning, but later conversations around the breakdown of the relationship between the employee and their manager led to the employee's resignation. The tribunal ruled that this amounted to constructive unfair dismissal, since no new evidence justified ending employment beyond the original warnin

Much has been written about the risks of lawyers misusing AI for legal research and drafting. Recent cases involving fabricated authorities and inaccurate legal analysis have rightly attracted attention. However, in my view, the greater and more immediate challenge lies elsewhere: the routine use of AI by clients themselves. Every day, clients are uploading legal advice, correspondence and draft documents into AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude and others. They do so for en

Managing Redundancies and Related Immigration Issues in Challenging Times Changes introduced under the Employment Rights Act mean that redundancies are getting riskier. If incorrectly managed, employers could face more time-consuming, expensive and reputationally damaging claims. The current economic climate, coupled with the AI revolution, seems likely to lead to more redundancies as businesses look to reshape their workforce. In our upcoming webinar, “Managing redundancies

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After one of the wettest winters on record, it comes as a relief to see Spring is well and truly underway. Although the government’s attention has been diverted by war in the Middle East, the Employment Rights Act continues to dominate the domestic agenda of many businesses and most HR teams. We outline below what has now come into force and what is coming down the line, along with an updated timeline. As ever, our team is here to support your business so please do get in to

April is always a busy month for employment law with new minimum payment rates and legislative changes. April 2026 is no exception. Some of the initial provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 ( ERA ) will come into force in April, together with the annual increase in minimum rates of pay. Further there will be an increase in immigration fees. We have updated our ERA tracker, as the timetable for implementation has shifted – see below. Below is an overview of the chan

What steps is the Government taking to allay the pressures on the ET – and will these go far enough? A version of this article first appeared in Employer News 24 March 2026 Last week’s Employment Tribunal statistics show that pressure on the UK’s Employment Tribunal system continues to grow. In Q3 2025 there were around 52,000 open cases, increasing to 58,000 by the end of December 2025, an increase of roughly 11–12% in just one quarter. The widening gap between claims rec

Amazon has confirmed plans to cut 16,000 roles globally, following an internal communications slip that revealed the redundancies before an official announcement. The job cuts, affecting staff in the US, Canada and Costa Rica, form part of Amazon’s wider restructuring as it continues to reorganise its business around AI. Commenting to People Management, partner Alan Lewis , warned that in the UK, such missteps could have serious legal consequences for employers if proper co