Latest Changes to Employment Rights Bill – July 2025
A newly-published list of amendments to the Employment Rights Bill introduces substantial and previously unannounced changes to the legislation. The changes include a ban on confidentiality clauses in employment agreements preventing workers from speaking out about workplace harassment or discrimination; a revised, more targeted approach to fire and rehire restrictions; significant updates to the UK’s […]
Reviews Launched into Skilled Worker Salary Thresholds & TSL
The Government continues its focus on UK immigration reform by commissioning two new official reviews: one into visa salary requirements and one into the new Temporary Shortage List (TSL). Both will be led by the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). The reviews are likely to have long-term implications for business planning and access to international […]
Temporary Shortage List Guide 2025
The Temporary Shortage List (TSL) applies to occupations requiring RQF Level 3–5 skills, and is designed to provide time-limited access to the Skilled Worker route only where there is clear evidence of persistent shortages and a commitment to reducing reliance on overseas workers. It was introduced under wider visa sponsorship reforms announced in the Government’s […]
Employment Rights Bill Roadmap
The Government has released its long-awaited roadmap for implementing the Employment Rights Bill (ERB), confirming a staged rollout of reforms through to 2027. The roadmap offers a three-year calendar that UK employers can now align with their HR, budgeting and compliance plans. The timetable clusters reforms during this period around common start dates, 6 April […]
Care & Senior Care Worker Visa Route Closing 22 July 2025
As confirmed in the Government’s December 2024 policy statement, and formalised by Statement of Changes HC 997, overseas sponsorship of frontline care workers is being phased out. As set out in the government’s Immigration White Paper, the UK care worker immigration route is to come to an end from 22 July 2025. The impact on […]
Skill Level for Skilled Worker Visa Rising to RQF 6
Among the changes brought in under the Immigration Rules Statement of Changes HC 997, published on 1 July 2025, the skill level for Skilled Worker visas will be restored to the higher, degree-equivalent level of RQF 6. The change comes as the government implements reforms initially outlined in its Immigration White Paper. Higher Skill […]
Increases in Skilled Worker Visa Salary Thresholds from 22 July 2025
With effect from 22 July 2025, the salary thresholds for the Skilled Worker visa, along with Global Business Mobility and Scale up visas, are to be increased. The new levels were outlined in the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC 997, published on 1 July 2025. Changes also include an uplift in the […]
Immigration Statement of Changes HC 997 July 2025
On 1 July 2025, the Home Office released Statement of Changes HC 997, accompanied by a press release, setting out the Government’s ambition to “restore order and control” to the immigration system. The 140-page instrument is wide-ranging, but in headline terms, it gives effect many of the skilled worker reforms outlined in the Immigration White […]
Employment Case Law Update June 2025
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key, recent employment tribunal cases. Alternative Employment in Redundancy Hendy Group v Kennedy In Hendy Group Ltd v Kennedy [2024] EAT 106 the claimant, Mr Kennedy, had worked for the Hendy car dealership chain since 2013 and, […]
EHCR Updates Guidance on Single Sex Spaces
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has amended its post-Supreme Court guidance on single-sex workplace facilities, softening the hard line it adopted only two months ago and signalling a more pragmatic approach for employers. What has changed? Immediately after the Supreme Court’s April 2025 judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish […]