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...
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...
12/18/2024 3:50:16 PM 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,...
11/12/2024 9:15:37 AM 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...
8/29/2024 3:41:49 PM Making migrant workers repay immigration costs - Is it fair? Is it lawful? By Hazel Findlay Hannah Bollard It is well known that the social care sector is reliant on migrant workers - without them, the sector may collapse. Despite this, the...
8/14/2024 8:49:06 AM 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,...
8/8/2024 3:49:48 PM 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’....
7/5/2024 9:32:22 AM Things can only get better? But how and when? By Anna Dabek The results are in, and the surprise factor is akin to UK’s “nil pointe” on Eurovision night! Number 10 has a new inhabitant. Whatever...
6/27/2024 3:15:13 PM Are you paying for travel time? Key insights from a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment By Anna Dabek The National Minimum Wage (NMW) regulations require employers to pay the NMW for all hours worked. This includes certain types of travel...
6/6/2024 12:33:32 PM Labour's workforce plans - The headlines you need to know By Matthew Wort Further to our blog following the announcement of an election, we now have some more direction from the Labour Party should they win...
1/11/2024 9:47:52 AM Holiday entitlement guidance; heavy on confusion, light on clarification! By Anna Dabek We ended 2023 on a holiday note (see our round-up of 2023) and we are starting 2024 on the same topic. Before the accusations fly that...
12/21/2023 12:15:03 PM Looking back on 2023... with some Hollywood glamour By Libby Hubbard If 2023 started relatively slowly for HR professionals, then it has certainly picked up pace in the latter months. The new legislation...