Every month we summarise the key employment law developments from the previous month that you need to know about. We cover important recent cases, new legislation and other changes in this area.
Please note: this article is up-to-date as at 31 January 2026. Employment law develops rapidly and we will include any further updates in our next article.
This month we look at four cases, all of which were decided by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). Our first is Ahmed v Capital Arches Group Ltd, where the EAT looked at whether the employment tribunal (ET) had been right to strike out a discrimination claim that had been filed nearly four years after the alleged discriminatory conduct took place. In Zen Internet Ltd v Stobart, the issue was whether there was a requirement for an employer to follow particular procedural steps when dismissing a senior employee for poor performance. Should the ET have reconsidered its decision to dismiss the claimant's claims when he disclosed new evidence? This was the question in Mayanja v City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Lastly, Micro Focus Ltd v Mildenhall is an important decision on collective redundancy consultation. It examined whether the ET should have looked backwards as well as forwards across a 90-day period when deciding whether the collective consultation obligations had been triggered, and whether it should have included redundancies at different group companies.
In 2022 Mr Ahmed brought claims of age,...
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