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...
12 Jun, 2024 Updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education for 2024 By Katherine Sinclair The Department of Education has now updated its statutory guidance for schools and colleges - Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)...
10 Jun, 2024 Home office decision to revoke social care provider's sponsorship licence without allowing time for representation unlawful By Katherine Sinclair Immigration may be the political hot potato of the campaign trail but for many social care providers, the employment of overseas workers...
10 Jun, 2024 Paying a forfeit - criminal acts and pensions By Doug Mullen A council tax and recovery team leader has admitted to de-frauding Aberdeen City Council of over £1 million over a period of 17 years. ...
29 May, 2024 Pension scheme surpluses: A slice of the pie? By Doug Mullen With interest rates having reached a 15-year high, some employers participating in defined benefit pension schemes have suddenly found...
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...
21 May, 2024 A conversation about sushi – small talk, or harassment? By Jackie Morris In the case of Sato-Rossberg -v- SOAS University of London, an employment judge has dismissed claims by a Japanese professor that she was...
17 May, 2024 Inclusive and effective recruitment: is John Lewis showing us the way? By Libby Hubbard John Lewis have announced that they will publish job interview questions online so that candidates will have time to prepare answers in...
14 May, 2024 A tale of two trade union cases By Matthew Wort It’s been a tale of two trade union cases this past month. I'm not sure if this constitutes the best of times or the worst of times – I...