- A survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of Acas has revealed that over a third (35%) of employers in Britain believe that AI will increase productivity in the workplace.
- On 14 May 2025, the EHRC announced that, following the Supreme Court's decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, its consultation on updating the statutory Code of Practice on Services, Public functions and Associations will aim to launch on 19 May and close on 30 June 2025.
- In Djalo v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EAT 67, the EAT held that contract workers could not bring a claim of indirect race discrimination under section 41(1) of the Equality Act 2010 against the principal they worked for in relation to the principal's failure to require the employer to pay the London Living […]
- In Melki v Bouygues E and S Contracting UK Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 585, the Court of Appeal held that an appellant's failure to include a copy of the grounds of resistance when submitting a notice of appeal to the EAT was a "minor error" for the purposes of rule 37(5) of the EAT Rules, […]
- In Fasano v Reckitt Benckiser Group plc and another [2025] EWCA Civ 592, the Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of an indirect age discrimination claim brought by a retired employee after his former employer's parent company made beneficial changes to a long term incentive plan which excluded employees who had already left employment.
- The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a consultation on its draft updated guidance on encryption.
- On 8 and 13 May 2025, clauses 1 to 18 of the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) were debated and agreed at the second and third sittings of the House of Lords Committee Stage.
- The government has published its long-awaited White Paper on the UK's future skills-based immigration system, setting out policies to reduce net migration by increasing skills, English language and residence thresholds.
