Employment Law Matters

Hosted by Daniel Barnett

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Oct 2026

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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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October 19, 2026Episode 27212 min

272 Bogus self-employment, and Ramphal revisited

Getting Redundancy Right: https://danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyright Harassment Pack 2026: https://danielbarnett.com/harassment Consultation document (PDF): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6acf51882de3184ccf8b80b5/employment-status-reform-and-protections-for-the-self-employed.pdf Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer summary: https://www.hsfkramer.com/notes/employment/2026-posts/uk-employment-status-consultation Neurodiversity report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/expert-academic-panel-on-neurodiversity-final-report-and-recommendations/expert-academic-panel-on-neurodiversity-final-report-and-recommendations Shing v University of the Arts London [2026] EAT 154: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2026/154 🎁 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 Getting Redundancy Right: https://danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyright Harassment Pack 2026: https://danielbarnett.com/harassment 🌞 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 seek your own independent legal advice. Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only. Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

October 14, 2026Episode 27112 min

271 Getting Redundancy Right

Getting Redundancy Right - www.danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyright HR Inner Circle - www.hrinnercircle.co.uk 🎁 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 seek your own independent legal advice. Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only. Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

October 12, 2026Episode 27011 min

270 Burnham Takes Aim at Non-Competes

Getting Redundancy Right - www.danielbarnett.com/gettingredundancyright HR Inner Circle - www.hrinnercircle.co.uk SI 2026/1065: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1065/made Darren Newman - https://rangeofreasonableresponses.com/2026/10/09/tackling-bogus-self-employment/ 🎁 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 seek your own independent legal advice. Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only. Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

October 5, 2026Episode 26910 min

269 Three Becomes Six

Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Right to join a union - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ab39b77fe72ed1e2b02ef02/government-response-make-work-pay-duty-to-inform-workers-of-their-right-to-join-a-trade-union.pdf Acas flexible working consultation - https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/acas-consultations/code-of-practice-flexible-working-requests-2026 🎁 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 seek your own independent legal advice. Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only. Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

September 28, 2026Episode 26811 min

268 Delay and Detail for the Duty to Inform

Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Timeline update - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-the-plan-to-make-work-pay-and-employment-rights-act/plan-to-make-work-pay-and-employment-rights-act-timeline-update Duty to inform consultation outcome - Full response PDF (27 pages): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ab39b77fe72ed1e2b02ef02/government-response-make-work-pay-duty-to-inform-workers-of-their-right-to-join-a-trade-union.pdf Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

September 21, 2026Episode 26710 min

267 New Flexible Working Rules Finally Take Shape

Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Flexible working consultation response - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aa94e08086ce7c57b8184cb/flexible-working-consultation-response.pdf NSL v Bean - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aa950ad2f29b388848184ef/NSL_Ltd_v_Mr_Dean_Bean__2026__EAT_132.pdf 🎁 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 seek your own independent legal advice. Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only. Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

September 14, 2026Episode 26610 min

266 Tribunals Can’t Cope

Employment Law MasterClass: www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Tribunal statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026 Next Retail v Thandi: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a9add70f5b35599aec19258/1__Next_Retail_Ltd_2__Next_Distribution_Ltd_v_Miss_M_Thandi_and_others__2026__EAT_130.pdf 🎁 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 seek your own independent legal advice. Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only. Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

September 7, 2026Episode 26511 min

265 B&Q named and shamed - who’s next?

Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Minimum wage naming and shaming - NMW naming round 24 press release, DBIST and Fair Work Agency, 3 September 2026: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/short-changing-staff-isnt-a-shortcut-to-success-nearly-660-employers-announced-as-failing-to-pay-the-minimum-wage Kristensen v Portman Healthcare Ltd [2026] EAT 127 - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a993ef23b22fb169dc19148/Mr_B_Kristensen_v_Portman_Healthcare_Ltd__2026__EAT_127.pdf 🎁 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 seek your own independent legal advice. Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only. Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

September 1, 2026Episode 26411 min

264 January 2027 has already started

Employment Law MasterClass - www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Code of Practice (Electronic and Workplace Balloting for Statutory Trade Union Ballots) Order 2026, SI 2026/880: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/880/made Electronic and workplace balloting: code of practice: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electronic-and-workplace-balloting-code-of-practice Make Work Pay: revised tipping code of practice (closes 11:59pm, 29 September 2026): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electronic-and-workplace-balloting-code-of-practice Geeks Ltd v Watts [2026] EWCA Civ 889 (ICLR): https://www.iclr.co.uk/document/2026006110/2026ewcaciv889_TNA/html 🎁 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 seek your own independent legal advice. Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only. Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

August 26, 2026Episode 2638 min

263 Gratuitous Consultation

MasterClass tour 2026: www.danielbarnett.com/masterclass Revised tipping code of practice: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/make-work-pay-revised-tipping-code-of-practice GOV.UK , Electronic and workplace balloting: code of practice (in force 25 August 2026): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electronic-and-workplace-balloting-code-of-practice 🎁 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 seek your own independent legal advice. Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only. Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion