08 Nov, 2024 How can employers deliver on business and employee needs in times of policy change? By Lauren Broderick With Amazon recently announcing the end of its hybrid working policy, employers are again considering how best to balance business needs...
22 Oct, 2024 Employment Rights Bill - let the consultations begin By Libby Hubbard We've likened the Employment Rights Bill 2024 (ERB) to a marathon, not a sprint - if that's the case then it's been a speedy start with...
04 Sep, 2024 Pensions and fire and re-hire By Doug Mullen Fire and re-hire is a hot topic at the moment, with the Government looking to ban it. Hot off the press, a recent employment tribunal...
14 Aug, 2024 Employer provides a holiday fund savings scheme - What could go wrong? By Hannah Bollard Sometimes employers try to do the right thing and still get it wrong. Lees of Scotland are in that boat right now, having set up a...
14 Aug, 2024 Life after #MeToo – Employers must not wait until sexual harassment happens before taking action By Katherine Sinclair Seven years after the #MeToo movement in 2017 and five years after the UK government consultation on workplace sexual harassment in 2019,...
12 Aug, 2024 Social Housing Pension Scheme deficit falls by 55% By Doug Mullen With the welcome news that the overall Social Housing Pension Scheme deficit has fallen from £1.5 billion to £690 million, employers...
09 Aug, 2024 Now let the change begin - what does the new Government have in store for HR? By Libby Hubbard If you want to know what the new Government has in store for HR and employment relations following the King's speech then our August...
08 Aug, 2024 EHRC guidance on protected characteristic of sex By Jackie Morris Newly updated guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was published last month concerning ‘discriminatory adverts’....
01 Jul, 2024 Subject access requests – when to weed out third-party data By Emma Watt Libby Hubbard There are things in life, like taxes and laundry, that we know are necessary for democracy and cleanliness respectively but are just a...
25 Jun, 2024 On-call and standby shifts – working time or not? By Katherine Sinclair Libby Hubbard The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) can be problematic in so far as they only differentiate between working time and rest time, yet...
18 Jun, 2024 Corporate transactions with employment specialists: the perfect podcast collaboration By Laura Jordan Michael Brownlee The sale or purchase of a business is never just about the contracts, the indemnities, the warranties and the late-night negotiations;...
17 Jun, 2024 Academies and LGPS pass-through arrangements By Doug Mullen The DfE has provided welcome clarity on what approvals are needed when an academy enters into an agreement with a contractor to share the...