Employment Law 2009 review/2010 preview: Part 1

Another eventful year (nearly) over. Harriet Harman frantically pushes the Equality Bill through Parliament before the next general election and the draft Agency Worker Regulations continue to make their way through the parliamentary system, albeit at a slower pace than originally promised. In the meantime the judiciary have continued last year's trend of turning their hand to legislative drafting.

As in other aspects of life, the two great issues facing the world today, the credit crunch and climate change, are having a significant impact on employment law in 2009. Here, gentle reader, we pick out some of the need-to-know highlights.

In part 1, Wragge & Co's Employment team takes a light-hearted look back at the highlights of 2009. Later, in part 2, we will be looking forward to the anticipated trends for 2010.