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Guaranteed hours and 'day one' employment rights for UK agency workers deferred to 2027

A new timetable for the Employment Rights Bill pushes back implementation of both rights by six to 12 months into...

02/07/2025

Read time 3m

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Concerns continue as to how UK umbrella tax legislation will work

Reports suggest a 'joint and several liability' approach will be adopted but other issues are yet to be resolved

17/06/2025

Read time 5m

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break: Consultation following Supreme Court decision, vicarious liability and TUPE, and employment law update

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments impacting UK employers.

23/05/2025

Read time 4m

Employment and pensions

Six common employment law pitfalls for US companies operating in Germany

What are the common mistakes from an employment law perspective made by US companies operating in Germany?

14/05/2025

Read time 3m

Workforce Solutions

UK Spring Statement 2025: tax anti-avoidance rules with criminal sanction target staffing supply chain

Users and suppliers of contingent workers can expect a more hostile HMRC in addition to proposed 'umbrella' legislation

22/04/2025

Read time 8m

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UK recruiters need to take care when helping set a 'going rate' for a job

The CMA, which can apply huge fines for breach of competition law in the UK, has had the freelancer market...

24/03/2025

Read time 2m

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Big changes ahead for UK contingent workers with new laws looming and increased HMRC tax enforcement

Hirers, staffing companies and employment intermediaries will need to review business models amid government reforms

07/03/2025

Read time 13m

Employment and pensions

HR pensions spotlight: what should UK employers look out for in 2025?

Developments employers will need to follow and think about this year

23/01/2025

Read time 4m

Workforce Solutions

Companies will need to prepare for Belgium's new Private Investigation Act

What are the implications for employers and what compliance measures and next steps should they take?

16/01/2025

Read time 3m

Workforce Solutions

What could 2025 bring for M&A deals in the UK staffing sector?

How will increased use of tech, tax changes, employment law reform and compliance burdens affect deals and valuations?

13/12/2024

Read time 7m

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Platform workers in Europe

How will the proposed new directive impact businesses, and what steps are larger European countries taking already to protect 'platform...

15/10/2024

Read time 17m

Workforce Solutions

Employment Rights Bill sets out major change for UK staffing companies and platforms and contingent workforces

The government will consult widely over the proposals with reforms of unfair dismissal due no sooner than autumn 2026

10/10/2024

Read time 4m

Employment and pensions

UK government announces new Employment Rights Bill: what does this mean for employers?

Proposals around unfair dismissal and probationary periods not planned to come into force until autumn 2026

10/10/2024

Read time 10m

Workforce Solutions

UK government's '100 day' employment law bill to be published in October – what do staffing companies, gig platforms and users of contingent workers need to be ready for?

What 'day one' rights and zero-hours changes may look like in practice should be clarified soon

03/10/2024

Read time 6m

Workforce Solutions

UK Supreme Court says gig-working football refs likely to be employees for PAYE and NICs purposes

Decision has major implications for users of contract workers and other gig workers and for platforms and intermediaries

17/09/2024

Read time 5m

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Workforce Solutions

Guaranteed hours and 'day one' employment rights for UK agency workers deferred to 2027

A new timetable for the Employment Rights Bill pushes back implementation of both rights by six to 12 months into...

02/07/2025

Read time 3m

Workforce Solutions

Concerns continue as to how UK umbrella tax legislation will work

Reports suggest a 'joint and several liability' approach will be adopted but other issues are yet to be resolved

17/06/2025

Read time 5m

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break: Consultation following Supreme Court decision, vicarious liability and TUPE, and employment law update

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments impacting UK employers.

23/05/2025

Read time 4m

Employment and pensions

Six common employment law pitfalls for US companies operating in Germany

What are the common mistakes from an employment law perspective made by US companies operating in Germany?

14/05/2025

Read time 3m

Workforce Solutions

UK Spring Statement 2025: tax anti-avoidance rules with criminal sanction target staffing supply chain

Users and suppliers of contingent workers can expect a more hostile HMRC in addition to proposed 'umbrella' legislation

22/04/2025

Read time 8m

Workforce Solutions

UK recruiters need to take care when helping set a 'going rate' for a job

The CMA, which can apply huge fines for breach of competition law in the UK, has had the freelancer market...

24/03/2025

Read time 2m

Workforce Solutions

Big changes ahead for UK contingent workers with new laws looming and increased HMRC tax enforcement

Hirers, staffing companies and employment intermediaries will need to review business models amid government reforms

07/03/2025

Read time 13m

Employment and pensions

HR pensions spotlight: what should UK employers look out for in 2025?

Developments employers will need to follow and think about this year

23/01/2025

Read time 4m

Workforce Solutions

Companies will need to prepare for Belgium's new Private Investigation Act

What are the implications for employers and what compliance measures and next steps should they take?

16/01/2025

Read time 3m

Workforce Solutions

What could 2025 bring for M&A deals in the UK staffing sector?

How will increased use of tech, tax changes, employment law reform and compliance burdens affect deals and valuations?

13/12/2024

Read time 7m

Workforce Solutions

Platform workers in Europe

How will the proposed new directive impact businesses, and what steps are larger European countries taking already to protect 'platform...

15/10/2024

Read time 17m

Workforce Solutions

Employment Rights Bill sets out major change for UK staffing companies and platforms and contingent workforces

The government will consult widely over the proposals with reforms of unfair dismissal due no sooner than autumn 2026

10/10/2024

Read time 4m

Employment and pensions

UK government announces new Employment Rights Bill: what does this mean for employers?

Proposals around unfair dismissal and probationary periods not planned to come into force until autumn 2026

10/10/2024

Read time 10m

Workforce Solutions

UK government's '100 day' employment law bill to be published in October – what do staffing companies, gig platforms and users of contingent workers need to be ready for?

What 'day one' rights and zero-hours changes may look like in practice should be clarified soon

03/10/2024

Read time 6m

Workforce Solutions

UK Supreme Court says gig-working football refs likely to be employees for PAYE and NICs purposes

Decision has major implications for users of contract workers and other gig workers and for platforms and intermediaries

17/09/2024

Read time 5m

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