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NEW NEONATAL CARE LEAVE AND PAY What You Need to Know... Starting from 6 April 2025, new laws came into effect to help parents whose babies need special medical care after birth. This is thanks to the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay Act) 2023 and some additional rules. What you need to know here: https://lnkd.in/euUthGzN Simon Horsfield Angus Menzies Daniel Rubin Rachel Yorke Joanne Alvey Sam Butler Marcia Sumbe Rissat Hasan Rachel Rigg Chris Dias Sarah Bossons Lucy Croft Chris Sewell Erika Moralez-Perez David Chandler Harvey Perkins Anthony Lawler (MCIPD) Sarah Marrow FCIPD

BREAKING BARRIERS The Future of Pay Gap Transparency Since 2017, UK employers with 250 or more employees have been required to publish annual gender pay gap data. This regime has helped drive greater transparency and prompted many employers to revisit pay, progression, and representation in their organisations. Now, the Government is consulting on whether similar obligations should apply in relation to ethnicity and disability pay gaps, as part of a wider effort to improve workforce equality. On 14 March 2025, the Government launched a consultation on the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill, which includes proposals to introduce mandatory pay gap reporting for ethnicity and disability. The consultation seeks views from employers, employees, and other stakeholders on how these regimes might work in practice and what the implications might be... https://lnkd.in/e_gcsFc3 #GenderPayGap #ManchesterLawyers #GMLC #LegalCareers #HorsfieldMenzies #EmploymentLaw #Law #PassionateAboutPeople #HRMatters #Legal #Tax #TaxLaw #Lawyer #Employment #HR #EmploymentRights #HumanResources #LegalIssues Simon Horsfield Angus Menzies Daniel Rubin Rachel Yorke Joanne Alvey Sam Butler Marcia Sumbe Rissat Hasan Rachel Rigg Chris Dias Sarah Bossons Lucy Croft Chris Sewell Erika Moralez-Perez David Chandler Harvey Perkins Anthony Lawler (MCIPD) Sarah Marrow FCIPD

NEW MANCHESTER OFFICES It has been a busy few weeks at Horsfield Menzies. We have moved into new offices at Parsonage Chambers in Manchester and have been joined by new recruits Rachel Rigg and Lucy Croft. The new offices are fabulous and thanks to Grade A Alternative for making the move so smooth... https://lnkd.in/ek5rDtX7 #ManchesterLawyers #GMLC #LegalCareers #HorsfieldMenzies #EmploymentLaw #Law #PassionateAboutPeople #HRMatters #Legal #Tax #TaxLaw #Lawyer #Employment #HR #EmploymentRights #HumanResources #LegalIssues Simon Horsfield Angus Menzies Daniel Rubin Rachel Yorke Joanne Alvey Sam Butler Marcia Sumbe Rissat Hasan Rachel Rigg Chris Dias Sarah Bossons Lucy Croft Chris Sewell Erika Moralez-Perez David Chandler Harvey Perkins Anthony Lawler (MCIPD) Sarah Marrow FCIPD

It’s a great day to be at the #ela! Team Horsfield Menzies is here at the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) annual conference, learning about all the knotty legal issues (so you don’t have to). Sam Butler Angus Menzies Simon Horsfield

INJURED FEELINGS? Time for Employers to Take It Personally: Navigating the New Vento Bands An ‘injury to feelings’ award is a specific type of compensation that an Employment Tribunal can award in discrimination cases. Unlike compensation for lost earnings, an injury to feelings award is designed to compensate a successful claimant for any emotional distress they have suffered... https://lnkd.in/ecE4qAJT #horsfieldmenzies #employmentlaw #law #passionateaboutpeople #hrmatters #experience #legal #tax #taxlaw #lawyers #employment #hr #employmentrights #humanresources Simon Horsfield Angus Menzies Daniel Rubin Rachel Yorke Joanne Alvey Sam Butler Marcia Sumbe Rissat Hasan Rachel Rigg Chris Dias Sarah Bossons Lucy Croft Chris Sewell Erika Moralez-Perez David Chandler Harvey Perkins Anthony Lawler (MCIPD) Sarah Marrow FCIPD

KEEPING YOUR HEAD: BRIEFING ON THE IMMIGRATION WHITE PAPER At Horsfield Menzies, we recognise the complexities businesses face with the UK’s evolving immigration landscape. The government’s white paper, Restoring Control over the Immigration System (May 2025), proposes significant reforms to reduce net migration and reshape visa routes. These changes have sparked concern, particularly for care homes and businesses sponsoring migrant workers. However, with expert legal guidance, the proposed system remains manageable. Below, we explore the white paper, why its measures are contentious, and how businesses can prepare for changes expected to begin around September 2025... https://lnkd.in/e2p7viwc #ImmigrationWhitePaper #ukvisa #businessimmigration #immigrationlaw #immigration #horsfieldmenzies #employmentlaw #law #passionateaboutpeople #hrmatters #experience #legal #tax #taxlaw #lawyers #employment #hr #employmentrights #humanresources Simon Horsfield Angus Menzies Daniel Rubin Rachel Yorke Joanne Alvey Sam Butler Marcia Sumbe Rissat Hasan Rachel Rigg Chris Dias Sarah Bossons Lucy Croft Chris Sewell Erika Moralez-Perez David Chandler Harvey Perkins Anthony Lawler (MCIPD) Sarah Marrow FCIPD

Mental Health Awareness Week starts today and this year’s theme - “Community” - couldn’t be more timely. The Mental Health Foundation, which organises the week, has chosen this theme to spotlight how vital connectedness is for our mental well-being. Why “Community” Matters in the Workplace Workplaces are often the communities where we spend the most time—sometimes more than with our families... https://lnkd.in/g7gFdSHT #MHAW2025 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #ThisIsMyCommunity #MentalHealthMatters #horsfieldmenzies #employmentlaw #law #passionateaboutpeople #hrmatters #experience #legal #tax #taxlaw #lawyers #employment #hr #employmentrights #humanresources Simon Horsfield Angus Menzies Daniel Rubin Rachel Yorke Joanne Alvey Sam Butler Marcia Sumbe Rissat Hasan Rachel Rigg Chris Dias Sarah Bossons Lucy Croft Chris Sewell Erika Moralez-Perez David Chandler Harvey Perkins Anthony Lawler (MCIPD) Sarah Marrow FCIPD

REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT HARASSMENT Reasonable steps to prevent harassment: a lower bar than expected? While there is a lot of chatter in the employment space on the introduction of the obligation for employers to take “reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment last year (or even “all reasonable steps” in the case of the incoming Employment Rights Bill), it is worth recognising that this was already a test set down in law. The Equality Act 2010 includes an employer’s defence to discrimination; under this defence, where an employer can show a Tribunal that it has taken “all reasonable steps” to prevent discrimination, the employer is not liable for the acts done. This test is now being carried through the Employment Rights Bill, adding further financial liability for employers who are found not to have taken “all reasonable steps” to prevent harassment, including for acts taken by third parties... https://lnkd.in/ePgq3hZx #horsfieldmenzies #employmentlaw #law #passionateaboutpeople #hrmatters #experience #legal #tax #taxlaw #lawyers #employment #hr #employmentrights #humanresources Simon Horsfield Angus Menzies Daniel Rubin Rachel Yorke Joanne Alvey Sam Butler Marcia Sumbe Rissat Hasan Rachel Rigg Chris Dias Sarah Bossons Lucy Croft Chris Sewell Erika Moralez-Perez David Chandler Harvey Perkins Anthony Lawler (MCIPD) Sarah Marrow FCIPD

Practical implications of For Woman Scotland v The Scottish Ministers This month we saw the Supreme Court (the Court) clarifying that ‘sex’ in the context of the Equality Act 2010 (the Act) refers to biological sex and not acquired gender or legal sex recognised through a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). The case (For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers) challenged Scottish Government guidance which had interpreted “woman” to include transgender women, in a law aimed at improving gender representation on public boards.... https://lnkd.in/dBHk362J #gendergap #genderequality #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #womeninbusiness #gender #genderequality #horsfieldmenzies #employmentlaw #law #passionateaboutpeople #hrmatters #experience #legal #tax #taxlaw #lawyers #employment #hr #employmentrights #humanresources Simon Horsfield Angus Menzies Daniel Rubin Rachel Yorke Joanne Alvey Sam Butler Marcia Sumbe Rissat Hasan Rachel Rigg Chris Dias Sarah Bossons Lucy Croft Chris Sewell Erika Moralez-Perez David Chandler Harvey Perkins Anthony Lawler (MCIPD) Sarah Marrow FCIPD

A GROWING FORCE? Strategic Litigation and Trade Unions: A Growing Force? Recent coverage in the Law Society Gazette’s article: “”Winning Combinations” highlights the increasing role of trade unions in bringing strategic litigation throughout the tribunal system, and crucially, winning. High-profile cases such as Uber’s landmark employment status battle and Tesco’s equal pay claims illustrate the complex balancing act that unions undertake, representing individual members while also attempting to shape employment law at a national level... https://lnkd.in/ePayd6sh #lawsocgazette #tradeunions #horsfieldmenzies #employmentlaw #law #passionateaboutpeople #hrmatters #experience #legal #tax #taxlaw #lawyers #employment #hr #employmentrights #humanresources Simon Horsfield Angus Menzies Daniel Rubin Rachel Yorke Joanne Alvey Sam Butler Marcia Sumbe Rissat Hasan Rachel Rigg Chris Dias Sarah Bossons Lucy Croft Chris Sewell Erika Moralez-Perez David Chandler Harvey Perkins Anthony Lawler (MCIPD) Sarah Marrow FCIPD