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Blog: What to do if you’ve been Punk’d! aka how to deal with workplace pranks
Hi there. Philip Pearson-Batt here bringing you the latest lowdown on (employment) law. Before I get my legal hat on, I’d like to set the record straight: when I was on annual leave the other week, I wasn’t in Italy. Don’t worry – Italy isn’t happening until June so...
read moreBlog: Menstrual health in the work place
Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely Easter which involved lots of chocolate. In our house we did the obligatory egg hunt on Sunday morning which will no doubt mean I’m finding eggs all over the place for weeks to come. And in other news, I was a bridesmaid on...
read moreBlog: Have you heard about the extensions to family rights?
Well hello there, Force of Nature (Emma) here…..and who can believe we are almost at the end of another half term (a big high 5 for all those school child parents who have successfully made it through another half term of demands…this time we have had children running...
read moreBlog: A Spring in our step, change in the air
For those of you who follow our weekly blogs, you’ll know that Paul & I have a trip to Italy coming up (honestly, sometimes I feel like I’m writing a travel blog! Just call me Judith Chalmers). Unfortunately, our budget airline – let’s say it rhymes with Cryin’...
read moreBlog: The motherhood penalty – what are you doing to help the mothers in your workplace?
Hello all, welcome back to this week’s blog! First of all, we hope you had a lovely Mother’s Day on Sunday, whatever that looks like for you. We were supposed to be going for a walk but the rain meant we just ended up at a café for coffee and cake so not all bad! I’ve...
read morePaternity leave changes come into effect this Friday 8 March
You may remember Philip’s blog from earlier in the year on some upcoming changes to the rules on paternity leave (who could forget all those ABBA puns?!), well the time is now (nearly) upon us for the changes to come into effect – this Friday (8th March 2024) in fact!...
read moreBlog: Compassionate leave for the death of a pet, supportive, or a step too far?!
Meow, woof, squeak, neigh stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive… Well hiiiiideeeeeeehiiiiiii Precepters – how are we all? I first must start with a confession – I haven’t spoken to you all in a while – why? Because I missed my last blog – naughty me!! No excuses, I was just...
read moreAre you doing all you can to support neurodiverse individuals at work?
Each morning we wake up we put on… no, not our make up… the news! And have you seen the latest reports on how neurodiverse individuals are being “held back by job interview questions”? The government have published statistics that show that whilst 53.6% of all...
read moreBlog: New guidance on the menopause at work issued
It’s me. Hi. I’m the lawyer it’s me. Philip Pearson-Batt (clearly counting the days down to seeing Taylor Swift in August). For those of you who have been living under a rock, my husband & I, returned from a month in New Zealand at the end of last year. The...
read moreBlog: Fire & rehire code of practice published – but will it make a difference?
Welcome back to our weekly blog! We’ve just come out of February half term here, and I actually escaped the kids and husband with a trip to Fuerteventura with my friend, she’s a teacher so when she asked if we could go away together my response was yes of course, but...
read moreBlog: Flexible working in the spotlight (again!)
Why hello there. It’s me, Philip Pearson-Batt, here with all things Precept updates in this week’s weekly blog. It’s winter, so I haven’t really been up to much exciting recently. I don’t know about you but I’m a little bit ready for Spring. There are signs of it...
read moreBlog: Reintroduction of Employment Tribunal fees
We hope you are well rested after the weekend, we certainly earned our rest after a very busy Friday at the YMCA preparing a lunch for around 100 people, see how we got on here (including my night before prep, complete with swimming goggles)! ...
read moreBlog: Acas are getting “flexible” with their revised Code of Practice
Precept decided to have a night out on the town the other day! Yes, that is right – we went out, OUT!!!! You may have seen from our recent post that we hoofed it over to Newark to attend an exclusive dining experience that is often not found outside of Torquay. The...
read moreBlog: Gimme gimme gimme an update on changes to paternity leave
Hello there! Philip Pearson-Batt here with my first blog of 2024. Boy does it seem ages since I last did a blog! How have you been? Lots happening, I hope you’re ok! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year. Whilst I managed to enjoy Christmas Day itself, I came...
read moreEAT issue new guidance on constructive dismissal claims
Constructive dismissal claims: let’s face it, they can be a bit of a pain can’t they? A claim for constructive dismissal is where an employee resigns saying “employer, you’ve breached my contract of employment. I find that breach intolerable and I’ve got no choice but...
read moreBlog: Blue Monday looms… what can HR do to help?
Happy new year! Are we still saying that?! We hope that this blog finds you well and that you’ve kept up any new year’s resolutions you made so far (I’m doing dry January, and so far so good!).. now the kids are (finally!) back at school, we’re all hopefully back full...
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