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...
4/9/2025 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...
4/7/2025 11:33:02 AM £20m coming to a community near you? How are we going to learn from previous programmes? By Sarah Patrice The Government announced the new Plan for Neighbourhoods £1.5bn funding pot, last month, which I'm sure will be very welcome news for the...
3/24/2025 7:34:37 PM Duty to prevent sexual harassment; equalities watchdog is taking it seriously By Anna Dabek McDonalds is back in our headlines. The BBC has recently reported on the alarming rates of sexual harassment of its staff rising to such...
3/4/2025 12:47:50 PM Leasehold Reform – small steps now, huge steps in the future By Emma Hardman On 3 March 2025, changes in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (LFRA 2024) intended to enable leaseholders to more easily...
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...
2/3/2025 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...
1/29/2025 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...