6/5/2025 3:50:02 PM Employee safety for housing providers - Have you considered HAVS? By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain While the recent focus on tenant safety is both welcome and necessary, housing providers must not lose sight of their ongoing...
5/27/2025 12:04:23 PM Executive dysfunction and hoarding disorder: The impact on mental capacity By Molly Quinney Last month, the County Durham and Darlington Coroner issued a Prevention of Future Death (PFD) Report, highlighting the need for updated...
5/21/2025 1:45:07 PM Can you dismiss an employee for social media posts? By Hannah Bollard Libby Hubbard We are told that Gary Lineker leaving the BBC was a ‘mutual’ decision and there was no dismissal. Let’s imagine that there was no...
5/19/2025 8:22:38 AM Is overheard 'banter' harassment? By Michael Brownlee Libby Hubbard Over the recent weeks, there have been concerns raised about the reintroduction of employer liability for third-party harassment of...
5/13/2025 4:04:50 PM Home Office white paper on immigration May 2025 By Hazel Findlay The Home Office white paper published on 12 May 2025 sets out the Government’s policy to reduce net migration. The aim is set out as...
5/12/2025 8:42:43 AM The state of cyber security in adult social care By Emma Watt At the start of this year, the Government announced a package of reforms intended to improve adult social care services. With a focus on...
4/29/2025 3:30:29 PM April increases to statutory payments By Libby Hubbard To paraphrase the Kipling poem very badly, if you can keep your head and apply the April statutory increases when all around you there is...
4/28/2025 2:59:40 PM Spotlight on children's social care reforms By Precious Mealia In November 2024, the Government unveiled a comprehensive reform plan aimed at overhauling the children's social care system through the...
4/14/2025 9:02:35 AM Renters' Rights Bill Hub By Emma Hardman As the Renters' Rights Bill (the Bill) continues its journey through Parliament, scheduled for Committee Stage in the House of Lords on...
4/9/2025 10:16:37 AM Procurement UnpACked: Using KPIs to drive accountability and performance By Sophie McFie-Hyland Chanel Quigley Contracting authorities will have seen that there is a range of obligations relating to key performance indicators (KPIs) under the...
4/8/2025 2:54:14 PM Taking all reasonable steps; more guidance for discrimination cases By Libby Hubbard Lawyers love this word ‘reasonable’ – I would go as far as to say that we spend an unreasonable amount of time debating what reasonable...
4/3/2025 3:32:11 PM Financial pressures in the social care sector; how should providers respond? By Anna Dabek Libby Hubbard On Tuesday, 2 April, we held a seminar for HR professionals in the social care sector – ‘Preparing for legal changes and navigating...