Friday Round Up 13/11/2026
Published on: 13/11/2026
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Knowledge Team Legal Island
Knowledge Team Legal Island
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Christine, Julie, and Laura - known as the Knowledge Team - bring extensive expertise in employment law, HR, and learning & development. With diverse backgrounds spanning top-tier law firms, in-house roles, and voluntary organisations across the UK and Ireland, they provide informed and strategic support on employment matters.

Our team includes qualified (now non-practising) employment solicitors with experience in both legal and corporate sectors, alongside an experienced HR professional and CIPD Associate Member, ensuring a well-rounded approach to workplace challenges.

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Beans? Stocked. Battery radio? Bought. Torches? At the ready. Here’s something else worth having in reserve: your Friday employment law round up! ⚖️

Five to Know This Week:

  1. Workers’ rights reforms in NI won’t happen before the next election 🗳️
  2. The Good Jobs Bill: still a work in progress… ⏳
  3. 1 in 3 Gen Z hide their AI use from their employer 🤐
  4. Over half of retail workers face abuse or attacks every week 🛍️
  5. Poundland’s 11,000 employees hold out hope as collapse looms 🕰️


In other news................Join Legal Island’s Christine Quinn and Seamus McGranaghan of O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors, for the next Employment Law at 11 webinar "Bullying & Harassment: When High Performance Crosses the Line" on Friday 4th

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 13/11/2026
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