Employment Law Matters
Are you an HR Professional or employment lawyer? Do you love employment law? Employment Law Matters is presented by London employment law barrister Daniel Barnett. You'll learn how to deal with tricky, practical, employment law and HR issues in regular, weekly, bite-sized chunks.
Episodes
239 episodes
266 Tribunals Can’t Cope
Employment Law MasterClass: www.danielbarnett.com/masterclassTribunal statistics:
265 B&Q named and shamed - who’s next?
Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclassMinimum wage naming and shaming - NMW naming round 24 press release, DBIST and Fair Work Agency, 3 September 2026:
264 January 2027 has already started
Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclassCode of Practice (Electronic and Workplace Balloting for Statutory Trade Union Ballots) Order 2026, SI 2026/880: ...
263 Gratuitous Consultation
MasterClass tour 2026: www.danielbarnett.com/masterclassRevised tipping code of practice:
262 Deadlines, Delivery Plans and Data Cars
It’s now just three weeks until the first Work in Progress session of my autumn MasterClass tour, in St Albans. Newcastle is completely sold out. Birmingham and Bristol sold out too, so we’ve secured bigger rooms in both venues, and even those ...
261 The Biggest Rewrite Since 2009
Daniel returns from two weeks at sea to a double edition covering the biggest shake-up in workplace procedures for a generation: the draft new Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, the first full rewrite since 2009. In...
260 The sword that kills you…
MasterClass booking: https://danielbarnett.com/masterclassLewis Silkin, “What’s in the Employment Rights Act?” (21 July 2026):
259 When the harasser is your biggest client
MasterClass booking: https://danielbarnett.com/masterclassTimeline document:
258 The Countdown to 30 October…
Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law MasterClass - https://www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass SI 2026/756, Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) (Required Information) Regulations 2026:
257 Holiday, Tipping, Time Limits & Legal Officers
Written Ministerial Statement HCWS158, “Implementing the Employment Rights Act: June 2026 Update”, 30 June 2026: commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/10...
256 Data, data everywhere
Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/contentsICO guidance, How to deal with data protection complaints:
255 You didn’t know this about unfair dismissal
Tribunal Statistics Quarterly, January to March 2026 (MoJ, 11 June 2026): https://w...
254 Zero Hours Consultation
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism report https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-...
253 The Protected Conversation Myth
Masterclass tour 2026: https://danielbarnett.com/masterclassHR Inner Circle: https://danielbarnett.co...
252 Two weeks - no excuses
Daniel’s MasterClass Tour (Autumn 2026): www.danielbarnett.com/masterclassFair Work Agency contact page (helpline update, 22 May 2026):
251 Hello, 2030 tribunals
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism report https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-...
250 Not much happened this week
Lewis Silkin “How will the Employment Rights Act 2025 impact M&A?” https://www.lewissilkin.com/insights/2026/05/07/how-will-the...
249 Detriments and stuff
🎁 FREE STUFFEmployment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co...
248 Employment Tribunal Statistics
Tribunal User Group Meeting Minutes: https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/tribunals/emplo...
247 Trade Union Access
Join Daniel Barnett’s Employment Rights Act Update Service www.danielbarnett.com/employmentrightsactBackhouse Jones, “Trade Union Workplace Access Code consultation now open...
246 It’s this week…
Law firm articles:- Baker McKenzie, “United Kingdom: April 2026 Increases to Statutory Payments and New Rights”:
245 Sneaky record-keeping for holiday pay
Daniel Barnett’s Employment Rights Act Service: https://www.danielbarnett.com/employmentrightsactSI 2026/323 — ERA 2025 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Savin...
244 Compensation Limits and Third Party Harassment
ERA Update Service: www.danielbarnett.com/employmentrightsactThis Week’s TopicsEmployment tribunal compensation limits increase – The