The Employment Rights Act (ERA) 2025 will bring a lot of significant updates to employment law over the next 12 to 24 months. For smaller businesses, these changes can be daunting.

In this episode of The Legal Maze, employment partner, Alix Beese, is joined by HR professional and founder of Bright Light Performance, Soreya Senior, to discuss how start-up and scale-up businesses can best navigate and prepare for these upcoming changes.

If you’re interested in learning more on how the upcoming changes of the Employment Rights Act 2025 may affect your organisation, please contact B P Collins' employment team at enquiries@bpcollins.co.uk or on 01753 889995.

Only 14% of UK adults have registered a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), but the numbers are on the rise. As more people recognise the importance of planning ahead, LPAs are quickly becoming an essential part of future proofing your finances and healthcare. In this episode of The Legal Maze, Naadim Shamji, from our private client team, delves into what a LPA is, and whether they are necessary even for those who are young and healthy.

Whilst employers are aware that employees with disabilities have legal protections under the Equality Act and that they may need to make reasonable adjustments for them, can stress be considered a disability? In this episode, Greg Clark from our employment team explores this question and offers key insights for employers to consider.