Employment Law highlights from 2024 and looking ahead to 2025

In this latest episode, our expert Employment lawyers take a look back over important changes and key developments in the law that we saw in 2024, and can still expect to see in 2025.

Our experts also look through the key employment law cases of the last 12 months and the cases of note going through the tribunals and courts in 2025. We also provide an update on legislation not just from the Labour government’s plans, but other changes HR managers and employers need to look out for.

Review of Employment cases from 2024

• Disciplinary Processes: Weir -v- Citigroup Global Markets Ltd
• Googling Candidates: Ngole -v- Touchstone Leeds
• Serial Complainants: Hope –v- British Medical Association
• Holiday Pay: De Mello -v- British Airways PLC
• Guidance on proportionality in belief / freedom of expression cases: Higgs -v- Farmor’s School
• Agency Workers: Donkor-Baah -v- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust and ors
• Redundancy: Maternity Leave: Carnival Plc (ta Carnival UK) -v- Hunter

Key employment legislation from 2024

• Annual Leave and Holiday Pay (from 1st January 2024)
• Flexible working (from 6th April 2024)
• Fire and Rehire (from 18th July 2024)
• Reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment (from 26th October 2024)

Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond

• Employment Rights Bill: Unfair Dismissal
• Unfair dismissal: Ongoing consultation
• Flexible working changes
• Prevention of sexual harassment
• Trade Unions
• Fire and rehire
• Bereavement leave
• Parental leave and paternity leave
• Pregnant / maternity returners

Speakers in this podcast episode include Employment Partners Greg Burgess and Will Walsh for DMH Stallard LLP.