the latest news, comment and opinion from Concrew Training
Changes to employment law, effective today, 06 April 2026, make sexual harassment a “qualifying disclosure”
Sexual Harassment that “has occurred, is occurring or is likely to occur.” can now be reported under whistle blowing regulations.
Employers need to ensure their sexual harassment policies and procedures are fully robust.
The Employment Rights Act introduces the following changes today, 06 April 2026. Are you ready?
It is imperative that you check your organisation is compliant. Read more
The number of fines imposed for breaches of data protection legislation, the GDPR and PECR continues to rise. The main driver being the data controller/processor failing to implement sufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security. Read more
on 05 February 2026, 10 important changes to data protection legislation, GDPR and PECR came into effect. Find out more… Read more
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
We were a bit worried, this week when a delegate said our TUPE and Redundancy training hadn’t met their expectations!
It turned out that it had far exceeded them.
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.
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
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
Data protection leads and senior managers need to understand The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 to identify opportunities to change organisational policies and procedures to reduce GDPR PECR burden.
Our 3-hour course explores all.
https://concrew-training.co.uk/understanding-the-data-use-and-access-act
