2/13/2025 5:10:08 PM Higgs v Farmor's School - proportionate responses and protected beliefs By Libby Hubbard The case of Kirstie Higgs and her previous employer, Farmor's School, has finally been decided by the Court of Appeal. Her dismissal was...
2/12/2025 3:52:09 PM How best to care? By David Alcock I was very struck today by the paper released by Care England and the Employee Ownership Association (EOA) on the contribution that...
2/7/2025 3:38:09 PM Updates to the NHS Standard Contract 2025/26 By Emma Watt The NHS Standard Contract is the contractual basis on which Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) contract for all healthcare services other than...
2/7/2025 2:33:35 PM Ryanair’s guide to turning a strike into a legal nose-dive - Why employers should care about Morais and others v Ryanair By Katherine Sinclair Housing associations often have unionised staff, including maintenance teams, administrative staff, or frontline housing officers....
2/3/2025 1:09:46 PM Introducing our Employment Rights Bill Hub and subscription service - Your one-stop shop for all you need to know By Libby Hubbard The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) - currently 199 pages long with 28 reforms for employment law - is making its way through our...
1/31/2025 3:11:47 PM Judicial review highlights duty to consider true cost of care By Liam Fitzgerald In the Judicial Review R (SARCP) v Stoke-on-Trent City Council [2025] EWHC 18 (Admin), the Administrative Court ruled that Stoke-on-Trent...
1/29/2025 10:07:35 AM A good news story – new rights for parents with babies in neonatal care By Libby Hubbard As the Employment Rights Minister correctly noted, “Parents of children in neonatal care have more than enough to worry about without...
1/27/2025 1:02:12 PM The writing is on the wall… isn’t it? By Hannah Bollard There is an underperforming employee. They have been given lots of support and offers of training over the years. You’ve given them...
1/21/2025 12:46:11 PM A Big Mac without a side serving of ED&I? Is the UK following the USA's lead? By Libby Hubbard McDonald's recently announced a rollback on some of its ED&I policies. They are anxious to reiterate their ‘steadfast’ commitment to...
1/14/2025 12:37:39 PM Home Office prohibits the passing on of some immigration fees to sponsored workers By Bethany Milne If you are an employer with a sponsorship licence or are thinking about applying for one, you need to be aware of changes from the Home...
1/2/2025 11:34:56 AM Low Pay Commission's 2024 report on National Minimum Wage Compliance: Key takeaways By Anna Dabek On 19 December 2024, the Low Pay Commission (LPC) released its report on National Minimum Wage (NMW) compliance and enforcement, shedding...
12/19/2024 2:17:27 PM 45 pages of corrections! By Andrew Millross One would have thought that with a new Government, 45 pages of Regulations and amendments to the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) and related...