16 Feb, 2024 Can today’s workforce ever expect to properly retire? By Lauren Broderick The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has recently updated its retirement living standards with the rising cost of living...
12 Feb, 2024 Labour announces plans to extend equal pay rights By Michael Brownlee The Labour Party has announced that, should they win the next election, they would extend the specific equal pay rights, currently...
14 Dec, 2023 Are we nearly there yet? By Ann Houghton So, are we nearly at gender equity in law firms yet? Well, in true lawyer style, the answer depends on how you define gender equality. ...
06 Dec, 2023 Whatever I said, whatever I did, I didn’t mean it… By Michael Brownlee We’ve all said things we didn’t mean, at times. However, when it comes to words that could be construed as a ‘resignation’, this could...
05 Dec, 2023 Knowledge drops on the Procurement Act released By Steven Brunning The Government Commercial Function has just released three sets of high-level ‘Knowledge Drops’ designed to provide an overview of the...
04 Oct, 2023 A sense of belonging By Ann Houghton You know you're listening to brilliant speakers when you just can't stop making notes! That was me last night at a panel discussion about...
12 Sep, 2023 It's good to talk... it might be the reasonable adjustment that's needed By Libby Hubbard The duty on employers to make reasonable adjustments for disabled individuals starts at the recruitment stage (s39(5) Equality Act 2010)....
16 Aug, 2023 Why is the legal profession lagging behind the B Corp? By Matthew Wort Like with many sectors, the next generation of lawyers is holding their employers to a higher standard and expecting net zero to be more...
01 Aug, 2023 Crystal ball-gazing under a potential Labour government: A right to 'switch off'? By Michael Brownlee Libby Hubbard With the traditional summer holiday season upon us, we all want an opportunity to switch off from work, kick back and relax. But should...
31 Jul, 2023 Flexible working changes: New flexible friend or same old creaky companion? By Libby Hubbard The royal assent stamp will need some new ink given the amount of time it's been out of the box recently! The Employment Relations...
27 Jul, 2023 Payment in lieu of holidays – EAT tells employers not to short-change workers By Sarah Harnett We all know holiday pay is not straight forward, the case of Conner v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police has highlighted a...