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Blog – 3 April 2023
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To suspend or not to suspend? That is the question
Suspension: it seems to be everywhere at the minute doesn’t it? Whether it’s the BBC’s decision to suspend Gary Lineker for expressing political views on Twitter or the Metropolitan Police’s failure to suspend Wayne Couzens which led to the murder of Sarah Everard and...
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Mock Employment Tribunal – Wednesday 19 April 2023 – 10am to 12.30pm
The most recent tribunal statistics suggest there are almost a whopping 500,000 outstanding Tribunal claims working their way through the system. It’s therefore never been more important for employers and HR professionals to understand how the tribunal operates and,...
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International Women’s Day – The menopause at work….. the story continues
The menopause at work… the story continues. Today (8th March 2023) marks International Women’s Day and we wanted to take the opportunity to provide an update on one of the big issues affecting women at work. Our recent session on the menopause in the workplace gave...
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Redundancies – get it right! – Wednesday 15 March 2023 – 10am to 11am
With the current economic climate, there is no doubt that we are seeing many clients rationalising their workforce and unfortunately that can mean reducing numbers in a redundancy exercise. Whether it is a big, complex restructure or a small-scale reduction to improve...
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Managing redundancies- top tips
You will be seeing that we have been throwing a few different ramblings your way recently. Well with our next event fast approaching – (15th March- make sure it’s in your diary)- and it being about making and managing redundancies we thought it only right to do a...
read moreAre holiday entitlements for part-year and irregular workers about to change?
Just when you thought the dust had settled on all things “holiday” related following last year’s landmark Supreme Court decision in Harpur Trust v Brazel, along come the government and look to (potentially) shake things up. What did the Harpur Trust case say?...
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Menopause in the workplace – Wednesday 8 February 2023
There is, sadly, still something of a stigma around the menopause, particularly in the workplace. But with this issue coming to forefront more and more, with menopausal women being one of the fastest growing demographics in the UK workplace, it’s time for employers to finally get their head around the impact of the menopause.
read moreChanging terms and conditions – new year, new terms
The start of a new year is often a good time to look at things afresh. Whether that’s making changes in your personal life by making a New Year’s resolution, or making a commercial decision to freshen up your employment contracts. Whilst the first only impacts upon you and arguably you should be able to make the change easily, the latter requires you to jump through a few more hoops!
read moreLGBTQ+ employees and the World Cup
Following on from our recent article on the potential implications of the World Cup for employers, and the recent naming of the England football squad, there is another issue regarding the World Cup that may affect you as an employer. What is it? Well, it is Qatar’s...
read moreFootball’s coming…..to work?
This winter, 20 November – 18 December to be precise, sees World Cup 2022 take place in Qatar and given how well we did at the men’s Euros last year (will we ever get over that missed penalty!?) England could be in it for the long haul. The time difference between the...
read moreMini budget? Massive impact!
We’re about 3 weeks into Liz Truss’ new government and boy is she coming out of the starting gates bold. On Friday 23rd September 2022, the new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced his “mini budget”. Amongst a raft of new economic measures, there were the big headline...
read moreThe time has come: the end of remote right to work checks
I know you’ve heard it all before but believe me when I say that the temporary changes to the right to work checking process introduced by the government at the start of the dreaded pandemic are finally coming to an end on 30 September 2022 (subject, of course, to...
read moreHolidays – have your cake and eat it!
It is that time of year again, where we are all packing our suitcases and heading off for a break away from the hum drum of life. Whether you are boarding a plane, or enjoying a staycation, the last thing on your mind is work … …and what better time for the Supreme...
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Clarification on mental health disabilities
You may or may not know that the number of Employment Tribunal claims is rapidly on the rise. In our experience a lot of these new claims tend to be more complex. In particular discrimination claims. With mental health related issues unfortunately also being on the...
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