25 Jul, 2024 Amendments to Class Q permitted development rights By Mahnoor Butt Changes have been made to Class Q of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) allowing permitted development...
18 Jul, 2024 The King’s speech – High on pomp but low on HR practicalities By Anna Dabek Yesterday's King’s Speech came after an election where big promises were made and an even bigger majority won. The State Opening of...
03 Jul, 2024 Menopause in the workplace - ignorance is not bliss… it’s expensive! The perils of ignoring an OH report By Sarah Harnett Engaging with your occupational health (OH) professional and following their advice formed the basis of our recent podcast. Only two...
05 Jun, 2024 Getting the best out of occupational health providers By Sarah Harnett Our latest podcast episode is now out! This episode covers the ways that you can achieve a positive relationship with your occupational...
31 May, 2024 Dancing with fairness: Navigating internal HR investigations By Anna Dabek Following the recent reports about Giovanni Pernice's teaching methods on Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC has pledged to handle complaints...
23 May, 2024 General Election – what’s ahead for HR? By Anna Dabek With the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday of a 4 July election, the starting gun has been fired and the race is on. But this...
08 May, 2024 JCT DB 2024 - what’s new and how will it affect my existing contract forms? By Naomi Dowthwaite The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has now published its first contracts in the 2024 suite: the Design and Build Contract 2024 (DB 2024)...
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...