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The Employment Law Bulletin

April 2026
 

Welcome to the April edition of our employment law bulletin. As well as the latest developments with the Employment Rights Act, we cover all of the other important April employment law changes, including changes to the Employment Tribunal compensation limits. We also look at the issue of unpaid internships, flexible working requests and, away from the headlines, the other employment law‑related news that caught our eye. We have also included links to our upcoming webinars and our latest podcasts.

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Employment law changes in April 2026

April will see significant changes coming into force.

Webinars

Essential Employment Law

Join our employment law experts on 16 April for one of our popular online employment law question time webinars. With major changes coming to collective consultation and fire-and-rehire rules, we will be answering your questions on redundancy and restructure.

For more details about this webinar, along with our other upcoming employment law webinars, see below.

Our March webinar was a focused update on the Employment Rights Act, with particular emphasis on the changes employers need to be prepared for in April. A recording of this and other recent webinars is available here.

Our webinars last for approximately 50 minutes, are free to attend and apply to the law of Scotland, England and Wales.

“Really informative and well-structured - great delivery style."

 
– Essential employment law webinar attendee

Employment Rights Act

April update

Keep up to date with how the Employment Rights Act 2025 is progressing with our monthly update of what's been happening.

We also offer a practical, tailored half-day training course for HR and business leaders, focusing on the steps employers can take to prepare for the changes coming into force as a result of the Act. For further details of our training course, please contact us here.

 
Podcast

MFMac: Employment Law

New employment law podcast episodes have launched, featuring David Hossack in conversation with Innes Clark and Lindsey Cartwright, covering forthcoming April legislative updates and examining recent findings from the CIPD research into workplace health wellbeing. 

 
Podcast

Immigration for Employers Series

An employer focused podcast series exploring UK immigration change, presented by David Hossack alongside expert insight from Stuart McWilliams. New episodes will publish monthly from January to June 2026 nationwide.

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Internships

Understanding unpaid internships

The UK government has confirmed it will not currently ban unpaid internships, instead focusing on improved guidance and enforcement, with legislation remaining an option if this proves ineffective.

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Discrimination

Justifying the imposition of flexible working arrangements

Many indirect sex discrimination claims arise from employers refusing flexible working. In this case though the employer was introducing arrangements which required employees to work flexibly, including at weekends.

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Beyond the headline

Away from the main stories, we highlight our selection of the employment law-related news, developments and trends that caught our attention over the past month.

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Fact Card 2026/27

Our Employment Law Fact Card 2026/27 is full of useful information for employers including disciplinary and redundancy checklists, Employment Tribunal award limits, family‑friendly leave entitlements and national minimum wage rates.

If you don’t usually get sent the Fact Card and would like a copy, please email us with your name and postal address. Alternatively, you can download the printable version. The Fact Card is also available via our Employment Law App, which also includes employment law calculators, practical guidance, our monthly e‑bulletin and employment podcasts.


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Innes Clark

Head of Employment Team
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Lindsey Cartwright

Partner
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Alan Delaney

Partner
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Sarah Gilzean

Partner
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Kenny Scott

Partner
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Stuart McWilliams

Partner, Business Immigration

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