Category: Best practice for employers

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Best practice for employers

Menopause & Work Reform?

Recognising the importance of menopause awareness and impact on women at work a report was commissioned in terms of healthcare

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Tattoos and Work

Many employees still face difficulties in the workplace when it comes to workplace tattoos. So, do visible tattoos pose a problem in the workplace?…

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Employment Tribunal Cases 2022

These employment tribunal cases are not reported for their legal significance but because because they make that tricky HR issue you have been dealing with …

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What to expect in employment law in 2023

What to expect in employment law in 2023. Annual increases in National Minimum Wage and Statutory Payments, New Legislation in the pipeline..

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Racial Profiling and Unconscious Bias

Racial profiling and unconcious bias came under the spotlight recently highlighting how a line of questioning could amount to indirect discrimination.

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Changes to flexible working rights announced

On 5 December 2022, the government announced that the right to request flexible working will be extended to all employees, from day one of employment…

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How to promote Equality in your business

When times are hard or we are busy it can be easy to let the fundamentals of fairness and equality slip and to think that we do not have the time or resources to dedicate to it. I would however argue that when times are hard, like a recession, it is even more important to uphold those values…