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XpertHR is now Brightmine. This podcast brings you must-have employment law guidance, HR best practice and insights, from the team behind the UK's leading online HR resource.

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Sep 17, 2025

UK employment law is evolving - are you prepared? In our latest podcast, Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, looks at three recent tribunal cases relating to probationary periods, and discusses the upcoming introduction of a day-one right to claim unfair dismissal. 

We share actionable insights,...


Jan 21, 2022

We highlight key cases due to be decided this year and discuss their impact on HR. These include cases on: vicarious liability, holiday pay, agency workers, age discrimination, and coronavirus-related health and safety cases.

The 2022 cases that we discuss will decide the following questions:

  • When is an employer...


Jan 13, 2021

What key employment cases should be on the HR radar in 2021? We highlight the most important upcoming cases and discuss their impact on HR, including those relating to: worker status, holiday pay, national minimum wage for sleep-in care workers, trade unions and collective bargaining, and equal pay.

We also look at the...


Jan 21, 2020

Which employment cases will have the biggest impact on HR in 2020? We assess the likely impact on employers of upcoming cases on: the national minimum wage, data protection, age discrimination, collective bargaining, and TUPE.

The 2020 cases that we discuss pose the following questions:

  • Are sleep-in care workers...


Jan 10, 2019

Which employment cases will have the biggest impact on HR in 2019? We assess the likely impact on employers of upcoming cases on: the national minimum wage, shared parental leave, holiday pay, restrictive covenants, collective bargaining, covert CCTV, and employment status. The 2019 cases that we discuss pose...