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September 11, 2026

ERA bitesize webinars – key actions for employers

The employment law landscape is set to radically change over the coming months, as key provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA)...
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September 9, 2026

Right to work checks move into the supply chain: implications for commercial contracts following the draft Employer's guide

The Home Office's Draft Employer's guide to right to work checks, due to come into force on 1 October 2026 (the guidance), significantly...
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September 7, 2026

S&B Activate Conference 2026 - Enabling growth in a changing world

Join us for our annual S&B Activate Conference on 10 November, bringing together senior in-house lawyers for a day of forward-looking...
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September 3, 2026

Acas proposes a new disciplinary and grievance Code: a greater focus on informal resolution

The government has launched a consultation on proposed updates to the Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures....
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September 2, 2026

Supreme Court confirms part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment

The Supreme Court has clarified the causation test for claims of less favourable treatment under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of...
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August 28, 2026

Fire and rehire laws – reaching further than anticipated

Recent attention has focused on the “fire and rehire” provisions in the Employment Rights Act 2025 (the 2025 Act) that will make it...
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August 20, 2026

Significant changes in relation to right to work checks and extended liability: preventing illegal working – what businesses need to know

The Home Office recently published a revised draft Code of practice on preventing illegal working, alongside an updated draft Employer’s...
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July 30, 2026

Introducing the S&B Activate Index: a benchmark on progress, a blueprint for action

The cycle between market change and issues landing on the GC’s desk has all but collapsed. Clients tell us that in this super-connected,...
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