Press release: November 2026 Unfair dismissal compensation cap scrapped from January Small business owners who put off dealing with people problems could face significantly higher financial penalties from January 2027, warns local HR consultant Tara Anstee. The statutory cap on unfair dismissal compensation, currently the lower of £123,543 or 52 weeks’ gross pay, will […]
I read some stats today that I can’t ignore: Single tribunal claims are up 39% year on year. 64,000 individual cases are open and waiting to be resolved. And more than half a million claims in total are sitting in the system right now. I’d hazard a guess that many of these cases started the […]
As of 1 October 2026, the time limit for most employment tribunal claims has doubled from 3 months to 6 months. This means that an employee can now file a complaint against you for something that happened up to 6 months ago. The old 3-month deadline quietly protected employers for years. A significant number of […]
Are you ready for October’s trade union access rights? If you’ve never had to deal with a trade union, October might change that. From 1 October 2026, every employer in England, Wales and Scotland must give workers a written statement telling them that they have the right to join a trade union. That applies regardless […]
Press Release: October 2026 HR expert warns: Doubled tribunal time limit means that every decision is now claimable As of 1 October 2026, employees now have six months to bring a tribunal claim instead of three. For small business owners still relying on informal processes and patchy documentation, that extra time could prove very costly. […]
A single tribunal claim can wipe out tens of thousands of pounds and consume months of your time. From January 2027, with the compensation cap being removed, those figures are only going to go up. The vast majority of claims don’t start with a dramatic incident. They start with small things that turn into bigger […]
If a client complains about one of your employees, reacting to please the client without considering your employee’s rights could be a costly mistake. Understandably, you have a commercial relationship to protect. Many business owners over-apologise to the client, pull the employee in for a sharp word and hope it blows over. But, as the […]
Dismissing employees is getting much more risky for business owners in the UK. Recent changes in the law mean that you can’t just let someone go and assume that everything will be okay. It’s easier (and therefore more likely) that an employee will claim that they were let go unfairly and the amount they can […]
