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On Tuesday, 2 April, we held a seminar for HR professionals in the social care sector – ‘Preparing for legal changes and navigating...

The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) is like the lumpy custard we used to have at my primary school; nothing at all would come out of the jug...

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...

The politicians might have downed tools and joined the campaign trail, however, for Home Office staff, it has been more like business as...

It was reported last month that the number of people off work due to long-term sickness hit a record high of 2.5 million in the three...

In most sectors, as budgets are squeezed and costs are soaring, the prospect of redundancies is an all too real one. If that is the case...

Menopause, its symptoms and its effect on women in the workplace have been really brought into the light over the last 18 months. Some...

The judgment in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel was published today (20 July 2022) confirming that part-year employees (and those...

The amendment to the regulations governing fit notes has been laid before Parliament, to change the existing legislation on statements of...

A 44% rise in anything over a 12-month period is, by most people’s reckoning, worthy of some fanfare and action. Both, however, appear a...

The Human Rights watchdog, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), caused a Twitter flurry earlier this month by tweeting that...

For 800 P&O Ferries’ employees, last week was a particularly bad one.  Via a zoom meeting, they were informed they no longer had jobs and...