In Pursuit of Talent episode four: Cas Carrington on Employment Law, the Employment Rights Act 2025 and what employers need to do now.
Episode four of In Pursuit of Talent is now available to watch and listen to.
This episode is one Lorraine has wanted to record for a long time. Lorraine invited Cas, partner at KLC Employment Law and a trusted colleague of over 20 years onto the Podcast, to talk about the employment law changes currently working their way through the system — and what they mean for the employers and HR professionals navigating them.
Cas brings almost four decades of experience to the conversation. She has spent her career advising organisations on everything from day-to-day workplace challenges to employment tribunal representation, and has a well-earned reputation for making a genuinely complex subject feel accessible and actionable. She also teaches on the CIPD Advanced Certificate of Employment Law and runs the twice-yearly Law on Tour events, which have been a fixture in the employment law calendar for decades.
You can watch the conversation in full below:
Lorraine and Cas cover the Employment Rights Act 2025 and the wave of regulations, codes of practice and statutory instruments still to follow — and why employers cannot afford to wait for the full picture before starting to prepare.
Cas explains the significant changes to trade union rights, including new access obligations and loosened recognition rules, which may affect organisations that have never previously had to think about union activity. She also sets out the implications of the proposed reduction in the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims — and what a tribunal system already under pressure might look like with a fresh wave of cases coming through.
The conversation covers the proposed changes to zero and low hours contracts in practical terms: what a regularity test means, what the 12-week reference period looks like in practice, and why Cas’s immediate advice is to audit your casual workforce now, before the detail is finalised. They also cover the strengthened protections for pregnant women and those returning from maternity leave, carer’s leave, and the moving story behind Hughes Leave.
Key themes from this episode include the importance of acting before legislation is fully settled rather than after; the value of pragmatic HR thinking over rigid compliance; and why having the right policies — and actually following them — remains the single most important thing a smaller organisation can do to protect itself.
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Episode four is now live on all podcast platforms and YouTube. Just search for In Pursuit of Talent, or watch the full conversation using the video above.
Want to take the conversation further?
Cas will be back on 30th September for Pursuit’s Employment Law Seminar — a dedicated session for employers and HR professionals who want to get to grips with what’s coming and leave with a clear picture of what to do next. If this episode sparked questions, this is where you bring them.
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