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Blog: Dealing with complaints of sexual harassment properly: lessons to learn as Archbishop Welby resigns

Happy Monday everyone Hope you’re all doing ok on this rather colder than usual day. I’ve actually swapped the day I’m working this week- working today and having tomorrow off instead- and wow I’m all out of sorts haha. So, this weekend gone, my husband and I actually...

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...

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...

Are 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?...

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.

Changing 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!

LGBTQ+ 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...

Football’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...

Mini 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...

The 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...

Holidays – 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...

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...

How to conduct a disciplinary process with employees

In this session we take a look at how to conduct a disciplinary process with an employee. This will include: A look at the basic law involved and the risks of not complying with it. How to conduct an investigation. How to conduct the disciplinary hearing. What factors...

Employment Law Update

In this session we take a look at recent developments in Employment Law and new changes that will be happening. We also look at the effect the pandemic has had on the workplace, in particular hybrid working and employees who don’t want to have the Covid-19 vaccine....

Guidance on hybrid working

As the Government gradually relax the Covid restrictions, employers are having to look at the future of the workplace. Will they continue with homeworking? Will they want people back in the workplace or will it be a hybrid of the two? What does not seem in dispute is...

Employment Law event 15th June – Whistleblowing – employee claims

For a number of reasons, employers are seeing an increase in whistleblowing cases. It's important to note that employees don’t need any qualifying service to bring a whistleblowing claim and compensation is uncapped. Join us to explore how employees can bring...

Second date added! Employment Law event 12th May – How to change employee terms and conditions

Second date added! Due to the success of our recent session, and by popular demand, we are running the event on how to change employee terms and conditions for a second time. It will take place on Wednesday 12th May 9.30am - 10.30am. There are times when an employer...

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