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December 2025 – 22 sexual harassment tribunals

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A quick review of UK employment tribunal decisions for the month of December 2025 shows 22 cases relating to sexual harassment at work.

Whilst many of these appeals were dismissed the employers nevertheless incurred the time, cost, adverse publicity and stress associated with defending them. Read more

Employment Rights Act

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The Employment Rights Bill gained Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.

This act as significant impact on employment law and could negate or change terms within numerous existing contracts of employment.  HR and operational managers need to understand these changes fully and plan accordingly

Our courses on employment law bring you up to date on the latest and pending changes and help you to understand their impact.

JB Sports fined £65000


Worker Protection Act Training - Preventing Sexual Harassment at Work

£65,000 #sexualharassment fine for JB Sports; driven in part from concerns that response and investigation fell short of the required standards.

Training on responding to and investigating sexual harassment could have helped improve support for the victim and may have helped the employer avoid the tribunal all together.

Concrew Training offer a range of courses on preventing sexual harassment at work.  We cover everything from developing policies and procedures to training investigators, managers and staff. Read more

Changes to ACAS Early Conciliation

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As of 01 December 2025 the early conciliation period is increasing from 6 weeks to 12 weeks.

In October 2026 the Employment Rights Bill is expected to increase the time period for bringing an employment tribunal claim from 3 months to 6 months. Read more

Free Information Guides

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Concrew Training publish a wide range of totally free guides to help employers understand complex employment issues better.

These include advice on guidance on a range of issues including, Redundancy, Employee Representation, Sexual Harassment at Work and much more. Read more

Make Work Pay – Have Your Say

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The UK Government is seeking your views and input on a range of matters that will affect the rules your employer has to follow.  Don’t miss your chance to say what you think.

The Government is seeking your views on 4 topics at present, with more to follow. Read more

Redundancy – common mistakes

Employers facing redundancy situations need to get the process right. 

Concrew Training have released two free guides on what can go wrong and common mistakes.  Both help employers follow good practice.  Find them in the free guides section on the Concrew Training web site