United Kingdom: Contract of Employment

When key employees with access to proprietary technology and trade secrets depart for competitors, employers face significant risks of confidential information misappropriation. The recent case of Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd v Ngoma demonstrates how imaging orders can preserve critical evidence from devices and cloud accounts, while also revealing the careful balance courts strike between protecting legitimate business interests and respecting employee rights during the disclosure process.

A recent employment tribunal awarded nearly £30,000 to a sponsored care worker who was left without work for almost a year, resulting in the employer's sponsor licence being revoked.

When an employer wrongfully denies a departing employee the right to exercise share options, what compensation is owed?

The Migration Advisory Committee has released a technical note outlining its recommended methodology for calculating salary thresholds in the UK's Skilled Worker visa route.

Employees are quietly taking on more than one job at the same time, sometimes without saying anything at all. What was once the occasional instance of moonlighting has, in some cases, become full-time employment running in parallel with another full-time role.

When property or asset managers change hands in the United Kingdom, the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) can automatically transfer employees to the new manager...

Lucy Lewis speaks with Professor Gina Neff about how organisations can unlock AI's true potential by empowering frontline workers to reimagine their roles rather than simply automating existing tasks. The conversation explores why top-down efficiency mandates miss the mark and how building equity and agency into AI adoption strategies creates lasting organisational resilience.

Recruitment agencies seeking to sponsor migrant workers face complex legal requirements that blur the line between genuine employment and labour supply. Understanding the Home Office's strict limitations on sponsor licences is crucial to avoid severe sanctions including licence revocation and visa curtailment for sponsored workers.

UK manufacturers face mounting workforce pressures in 2026 as immigration policy reforms reshape talent acquisition strategies. With net migration at a five-year low and Home Office enforcement at record levels, businesses must balance recruiting specialized talent against fundamental compliance risks that could result in penalties or sponsor licence revocation.