Government could bring new six-month unfair dismissal qualifying period into force sooner, as it is now a less complex change.
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How have employment lawyers, businesses and MPs reacted to the government’s reversal of a pledge to introduce day one unfair dismissal rights?
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A firefighter has lost his unfair dismissal claim after he did not intervene in workplace conflict and a culture of sexism.
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The statistics from the Health and Safety Executive found 22.1 million working days were lost in 2024/25 because of mental ill health, a sharp increase from the previous year.
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Diageo says there will be no disruption to the supply of Guinness after Belfast workers rejected a pay offer and voted to strike.
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The current strike mandate expires in January. The ballot will ask doctors if they are prepared to take industrial action over the lack of jobs and severe pay erosion.
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The government will reduce the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from two years to six months, but will not make it a day-one right as ministers have long held it should be.
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The proposed 2026-27 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have now been published by the government.
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Widening access to medical cannabis be one answer to increasing employment levels, research suggests.
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