Employment Rights Bill completes House of Lords report stage. On 23 July 2025, the fourth sitting of the House of Lords report stage took place. The report stage has now been completed and the ERB will have its third reading on 3 September 2025. Alongside this, in the last month, the government published an Impact Assessment detailing a cost analysis for the implementation of the proposed ban on NDAs, proposed an amendment to require employers to investigate concerns raised by whistleblowers and confirmed that the government intends to consult on non-compete clauses, employment status, and AI in the workplace. It is expected that there will be some degree of “ping-pong” between the houses after the summer recess, but the ERB is ultimately expected to receive royal assent in the autumn.
First decision addressing transgender discrimination following For Women Scotland. On 1 August 2025, Canterbury County Court published the first judgment dealing expressly with the implications of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers on a claim for transgender discrimination. Although the claim was heard in early April, five days prior to the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland, parties were permitted to file written submissions subsequently. The Claimant, an expert pool player, is a trans woman, with a gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004. On 27 August 2023, the English Blackball Pool Federation changed its rules so that only people born...
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