18 Dec, 2024 2024 in the rear mirror – pretty picture or pretty awful? By Libby Hubbard For our annual employment and pensions round-up of the year, we have asked some of our team members to bring their gifts of insight,...
12 Dec, 2024 New data laws coming in 2025 By Emma Watt The Data Use and Access Bill (the Bill) contains the Government's proposals to update the UK’s data protection legislation. The Bill...
11 Dec, 2024 Back to the future? The return of the two-tier code By Doug Mullen The Employment Rights Bill has hit the headlines with the substantial changes to employment law contained in it. But one measure that...
06 Dec, 2024 Charity mergers roundtable By Catherine Gibbons On 23 October, we had the pleasure of hosting CEOs and senior managers from 17 prominent charities within the social care sector for a...
04 Dec, 2024 Last Christmas I gave you my heart… this year it will be a robust risk assessment! By Libby Hubbard Can we still enjoy our Christmas parties? Black Friday is gone, and so has Cyber Monday, and we are left with panic-present shopping and...
03 Dec, 2024 Government’s plan to ban rogue employers who flout visa rules By Hazel Findlay Libby Hubbard The Government has announced a new set of measures to crack down on rogue employers who shamelessly ‘repeatedly flout visa rules or...
20 Nov, 2024 The Employment Rights Bill - is it all it's cracked up to be? By Libby Hubbard This is the question we ask in our latest podcast. The dust has settled, alongside the powdery snow, and we can now ask some questions...
12 Nov, 2024 Has the horse bolted when it comes to self-employed carers: lessons from the Bolt worker status ruling By Anna Dabek In recent years, employment status in the UK has been a critical topic, particularly for care providers who may engage carers as...
01 Nov, 2024 Budget: what does this mean for the health and social care sector? By Joe Mulrenan The general consensus across the health and social care sector is one of yet another missed opportunity to bring social care to the front...
25 Oct, 2024 Procurement Act government guidance – Perhaps 'not a reliable method of interpretation of the law'? By Andrew Millross I have been reflecting that there are several places where the Cabinet Office guidance on the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) does not...
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...
11 Oct, 2024 New employment rights - Will they bring generational change? By Libby Hubbard The long-awaited Employment Rights Bill was published yesterday – all 158 pages of it! The Government promised generational change and...