At a Glance: Employment and Incentives developments, July 2026. In July 2026, our guide (link below) included:
- Employment Rights Act 2025: ERA 2025 updates on trade union reforms, holiday pay enforcement, tipping and time off for public duties.
- Data Protection Update: employees gain a statutory right to raise data protection complaints to employers under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2026.
- Employment Tribunals: Presidential Guidance: joint Presidential Guidance issued on interim relief applications in particular types of unfair dismissal claims.
- Equal Pay Reform: government launched a consultation to overhaul the pay discrimination and transparency framework.
- Share plans: statistics on tax-advantaged share plans.
- Financial sector pay: FCA proposals to reform the investment firms, AIFM and UCITS remuneration rules.
- Trusts: Trust Registration Service SDRT removal.
- Taxation: consultation on miscellaneous tax reforms; taxation of close companies.
