The Indicator Podcast

The government consultation on improving access to flexible working closed earlier this year and a response has now been published. In that response, the government has announced the introduction of two reforms to the right to request flexible working which are set to apply from autumn 2027. Listen along for more details!

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In the latest instalment of this long-running equal pay case involving around 3,500 claimants who work for retailer Next, the employment appeal tribunal has recently considered whether Next could rely on the material factor defence to justify paying its warehouse workers more than its store workers. Listen along to find out what happened!

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The Employment Rights Act 2025 contains provisions to increase the employment tribunal time limits that are currently 3 months to 6 months. Regulations have now been made which bring this into effect from 1 October 2026. Listen along for more details!

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In this case, the Court of Appeal considered claims from a group of airline pilots who alleged that their employer had unilaterally changed the terms of their permanent health insurance scheme in breach of their contracts of employment. The employer argued that the scheme had been changed via collective bargaining with the recognised union and accordingly that the changes did not amount to a breach. Listen along to find out what happened!

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In this case, an employment tribunal was asked to determine whether offering a construction-site contract to a 73-year-old self-employed contractor and then withdrawing it due to concerns about his physical abilities related to his age amounted to direct age discrimination. Listen along to find out what happened!

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The Employment Rights Act 2025 will introduce a day 1 right to unpaid bereavement leave.  The government consulted on what this right would look like and has now published its response setting out the scope and procedure for bereavement leave and that it is due to come into force in April 2027. Listen along for more details!

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In this case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal was asked to determine whether a reasonable adjustment claim had been brought in time in circumstances where the employer omitted to make an adjustment, in this instance to the employee’s working pattern. Listen along to find out what happened!

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In this case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal was asked to consider whether an employer should have known that an employee who had type 2 diabetes was suffering with a long-term condition and therefore should have been entitled to reasonable adjustments at work. Listen along to find out what happened!

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Employee benefits can create unexpected tax liabilities – and it’s often the everyday perks, rather than obvious benefits such as company cars or private medical insurance, that cause problems.

In this webinar, our tax experts Andrew Rainford CTA ATT and Rachael Brown CTA are joined by employment tax specialist Jack Bonehill CTA to explore the hidden tax traps surrounding employee benefits and expenses.

They discuss:

• When staff meals, food and social events become taxable
• The rules around trivial benefits and the £50 limit
• Gift vouchers, staff rewards and long-service awards
• P11Ds and PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSAs)
• Common employee benefit reporting mistakes
• How HMRC approaches employer compliance reviews
• Practical controls employers can put in place
• What to do when historic reporting errors are discovered

The session also answers practical questions around late-night taxis, takeaways for employees working late, subscriptions and other everyday expenses.

Whether you're a tax advisor, accountant or part of an in-house finance team, this webinar provides practical guidance to help identify potential employee benefit tax risks and support clients or businesses with HMRC compliance.

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In this case, a worker was called to a disciplinary hearing with no notice and later said that he did not realise he was going to be dismissed at that meeting until the point at which the dismissal actually happened.  He did not ask to be accompanied at the meeting and the Employment Appeal Tribunal had to decide whether the right to be accompanied arose despite him not having made a request and in the context of him having been given no notice of the meeting. Listen along to find out what happened!

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