Butterworths Employment Law Handbook

Butterworths Employment Law Handbook is an indispensable reference source of fully-updated UK Acts and statutory instruments, Assimilated Regulations, original EU Directives, and non-statutory materials relating to employment law in England, Wales and Scotland. Cross-references to Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law are included, providing a convenient reference tool for use intribunals.

As well as the new Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, the 2025 edition includes:

• The Practice Direction of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (2024); the 2025 Presidential PDs on the Presentation of Claims, Responses & Statutory Appeals to Employment Tribunals (both for England & Wales and for Scotland); the 2025 Presidential Guidance on Taking Oral Evidence by Video or Telephone from Persons Located Abroad (again, both for England & Wales and for Scotland); the Presidential Guidance (England, Wales & Scotland) on Panel Composition (2024); the Eighth Addendum to the Presidential Guidance on Vento bands (2025); and a comparison table for the old and new Rules of Procedure of EmploymentTribunals.
• In Part 1 of the Handbook (Statutes) there have been new Commencement Regulations bringing into force the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, and the Seafarers’ Wages Act2023.
• Part 2 (Statutory Instruments) contains new Regulations consequential on the commencement of the Acts mentioned above. These include the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024, the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (Administration) Regulations 2025, the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2025, and the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations2025.
• Part 4 (Statutory Codes of Practice and Official Guidance) includes the new Home Office Statutory Guidance on Transparency in Supply Chains (2025), and the updated Code of Practice on dismissal andre-engagement.