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Devolution of the Scottish ETs.

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All bereaved fathers and partners are expected to get paternity leave, with no qualifying period of service (to be confirmed).

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Members of our employment team discuss a topical issue, significant recent cases and what's in the pipeline.

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The Government is seeking evidence and views on unpaid internships, internships paid below the national minimum wage (NMW) and other roles that may be unpaid or paid below the NMW.

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Section 17 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 comes into force, making a provision in an agreement void if it purports to prevent the making of a disclosure of information by a victim of a crime (or a person who reasonably believes they are a victim) to certain specified bodies, qualified lawyers and individuals who provide a support service to victims.

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The UK Government announces an extension of the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme by a further 24 months.

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Failure to prevent fraud offence under the Economic Crime and Transparency Act 2023 takes effect.

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The updated table listing employers who have been issued with civil penalties for illegal working (covering the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025) is published. Notably, some construction companies have received significant civil penalties.

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The Government is consulting on the proposed set of objectives for the parental leave and pay system.

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Higher education providers are banned from entering into non-disclosure agreements with staff, members, students or visiting speakers that seek to preclude the person from publishing or disclosing information about a complaint made to the provider relating to bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct. Such an agreement will be void.

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The Government implements the initial phase of the key proposals outlined in the immigration white paper, which includes an increase to the skills threshold for roles eligible under the Skilled Worker route, increases to the general salary thresholds and going rates for most occupations, and creation of the Temporary Shortage List.

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The UK Government introduces a new service that allows visa applicants to check the estimated processing time for their visa applications. This service covers major visa categories such as work, study, and visitor visas.

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The Home Office announces that, for visa applications submitted after 15 July 2025, biometrics appointments can only be made through VFS Global's visa application centres. Applicants with existing biometric appointments can attend an application support centre run by USCIS until 1 August 2025.

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The Home Office reveals plans to intensify arrests and inspections across the UK, particularly targeting migrants working illegally in the gig economy.

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The Home Office publishes a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, set to take effect from 22 July 2025. This statement will implement the initial phase of the key proposals outlined in the Government's immigration white paper.

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The EHRC is consulting on changes to its Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations following the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.

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The Government is inviting feedback on areas of existing equality legislation and possible equality law reform.

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Members of our immigration team talk through the key proposals from the UK Government's immigration white paper, what they mean for employers, and how to prepare for the changes ahead. In case you missed it, you can watch a recording of the webinar below.

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Members of our employment team discuss the latest insights on the Employment Rights Bill, significant recent cases and what's in the pipeline. In case you missed it, you can watch a recording of the webinar below (password: Employment25).

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The Government is consulting on how to implement mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for employers with 250 or more employees.

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The Home Office has confirmed that expired Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) and EU Settlement Scheme Biometric Residence Cards (EUSS BRCs) can no longer be used to travel to the UK as of 2 June 2025.

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The Government decided not to go ahead with the planned minimum income requirement increase to £38,700 per year and instead commissioned a review, which is due to report in June.

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A report from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) regarding international recruitment in the IT and engineering professions is published. The report finds that there are \"no major problems to be fixed\" and that the \"usage of the immigration system is broadly proportionate to the size of the IT and Engineering sectors, within the rules and clearly responding to demand in the UK labour market.\"

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Presidential Practice Directions on presentation of claims and responses take effect, requiring claims and responses to be presented online, by post or in person.

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The Home Office announces that the super priority service is now available for the first time, significantly expediting the visa application for those who opt into this additional service.

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The Home Office gives an update that the premium visa application centres in Port Harcourt and Enugu in Nigeria have been reopened.

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The UK Government releases its long-anticipated immigration white paper, 'Restoring Control over the Immigration System'. This outlines the Government's plans to overhaul the UK's immigration system, with the aim of reducing net migration and refocusing the system on high-skilled talent and domestic workforce development.

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The price, timeframe and process relating to the assessment of overseas qualifications through ECCTIS change. Sponsors and sponsored migrant workers need to review the impact of these changes, which include the removal of fast track services, an increase in the fee from £140 plus VAT to £210 plus VAT and a longer standard timeframe (from 10 to 20 working days).

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Changes to the immigration rules come into force, including increases to the minimum salary thresholds for skilled workers on discounted rates, changes to skilled worker salary deductions and changes to the way employers must recruit sponsored care workers.

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Increases to UKVI application fees come into force.

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Changes to the definition of \"small\" sponsor impact some sponsorship fees. Sponsors who are defined as \"small\" pay lower fees for Skilled Worker and Senior or Specialist Worker sponsor licence applications and the Immigration Skills Charge for these workers' visa applications.

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Increases to statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and parental bereavement pay come into force.

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Increases to Vento bands take effect where the claim is presented on or after 6 April.

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Increase to SSP comes into force.

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The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 comes into force.

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Limits on ET awards increase and apply where the effective date of termination is on or after 6 April.

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Eligible European travellers to the UK need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to enter.

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Increases to the national living wage and national minimum wage come into force.

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The Home Office updates the Employer's guide to right to work checks, in relation to creating a UKVI account to access eVisas and the documents that can be used for manual right to work checks.

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The Home Office updates its guidance on the \"Good Character\" requirement for nationality applications. It confirms that anyone who entered the UK illegally will normally be refused citizenship, regardless of when the illegal entry occurred.

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Members of our employment team discuss \"Looking back, looking forward\" – a review of the most important cases from 2024 and what's on the horizon in 2025. In case you missed it, you can watch a recording of the webinar below (password: ECJan25!).

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The Order giving employment tribunals the power to increase or reduce compensation for a failure to follow the statutory Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement comes into force.

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Eligible non-European travellers to the UK need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to enter.

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