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Employment Law Matters

Employment Law Matters

By: Daniel Barnett
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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.

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  • 248 Employment Tribunal Statistics

    248 Employment Tribunal Statistics
    Apr 20 2026
    • Tribunal User Group Meeting Minutes: https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/tribunals/employment-tribunal/employment-tribunal-england-wales/national-user-group/
    • Lewis Silkin, Employment Rights Act timeline: https://www.lewissilkin.com/en/insights/2026/04/15/employment-rights-act-timeline
      Collyer Bristow, Key Changes in Force from 6 April 2026: https://collyerbristow.com/shorter-reads/employment-rights-act-2025-key-changes-in-force-from-6-april-2026-a-practical-summary-for-employers/
    • Mishcon de Reya, Adam Turner quoted in Personnel Today, Five ways to get ready for April law changes: https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/april-employment-law-changes/

    🎁 FREE STUFF

    • Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
    • My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk

    💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES

    • Employment Rights Act update service -https://danielbarnett.com/employmentrightsact/
    • Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
    • HR Policies - https://danielbarnett.com/policies/
    • Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

    🌞 WHO AM I
    I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers. I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

    ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION
    This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then. You should always


    Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion
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    10 mins
  • 247 Trade Union Access

    247 Trade Union Access
    Apr 13 2026

    Join Daniel Barnett’s Employment Rights Act Update Service www.danielbarnett.com/employmentrightsact

    Backhouse Jones, “Trade Union Workplace Access Code consultation now open” (9 April 2026):
    https://backhousejones.co.uk/trade-union-workplace-access-code-consultation-now-open-have-your-say/

    Lewis Silkin, “What’s in the Employment Rights Act?” (updated March 2026):
    https://www.lewissilkin.com/en/insights/2026/03/11/whats-in-the-employment-rights-act

    Mishcon de Reya ERA Hub:
    https://www.mishcon.com/employment-rights-act-hub

    🎁 FREE STUFF

    • Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
    • My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk

    💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES

    • Employment Rights Act update service -https://danielbarnett.com/employmentrightsact/
    • Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
    • HR Policies - https://danielbarnett.com/policies/
    • Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

    🌞 WHO AM I
    I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers. I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

    ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION
    This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then. You should always


    Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion
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    10 mins
  • 246 It’s this week…

    246 It’s this week…
    Apr 7 2026

    Law firm articles:


    - Baker McKenzie, “United Kingdom: April 2026 Increases to Statutory Payments and New Rights”: https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/insight/publications/2026/04/united-kingdom-april-2026-increases-to-statutory-payments-and-new-rights

    - Bird & Bird, “UK Employment Rights Act 2025: What’s new from April 2026": https://www.twobirds.com/en/insights/2026/uk/uk-employment-rights-act-2025--whats-new-from-april-2026

    - Lewis Silkin, “In the middle of implementing collective redundancies? Beware of ambiguity over which penalties might apply”: https://www.lewissilkin.com/en/insights/2026/03/25/in-the-middle-of-implementing-collective-redundancies-beware-of-ambiguity-over-which-penalties

    - DLA Piper, “Employment Rights Act: Preparing for change: April changes coming into force”: https://knowledge.dlapiper.com/dlapiperknowledge/globalemploymentlatestdevelopments/2026/employment-rights-act-preparing-for-change-april-changes-coming-into-force

    Case:

    • Kankanalapalli v Loesche Energy Systems Ltd [2026] EAT 49

    🎁 FREE STUFF

    • Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
    • My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk

    💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES

    • Employment Rights Act update service -https://danielbarnett.com/employmentrightsact/
    • Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
    • HR Policies - https://danielbarnett.com/policies/
    • Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

    🌞 WHO AM I
    I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers. I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

    ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION
    This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then. You should always

    Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion
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    9 mins
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Really informative and easy to understand, very useful for someone in HR wanting to keep updated on employment law.

Really informative!

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I am studying for my masters/cipd level 7 and with working full time and having 2 young children I find it very difficult to read. I had 24 hours to read up on employment status, specifically issues surrounding the gig economy and this gave me a really really good understanding in less than half an hour!! thank you so much. I'm listening to all of your podcasts ad hoc whilst cooking the dinner, driving to work, even bathing the kids.

so helpful!!

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Thank you for this excellent episode.

Daniel Barnett presents the information so it is very easy to follow and apply.

Informative, wonderful podcast!

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I have recently found out about this podcast and been working my way through the impressive previous years' offerings. This podcast has made my walks and commutes my Employment law classroom. As somebody fairly new to HR, the podcast has given me access to EL content which is clear, free of jargon and easy to understand (and memorise). The fact that this resource is free to access is invaluable. Thank you very much Daniel Barnett

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Daniel gives absolutely top quality content for free! Who does that? And when he links up with Darren Newman, well that's like my two favourite rock stars getting together.

Top Quality Content For Free!

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