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  • All
  • Bereavement Leave
  • Best practice for employers
  • Bullying at Work
  • Confidentiality
  • Data Protection
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disciplinary Procedures & Dismissals
  • Discrimination & Equality
  • Early Conciliation
  • Employee Resources
  • Employer Resources
  • Employment Contracts
  • Employment Rights Act 2025
  • Employment Rights Bill
  • Employment Tribunal Claims
  • Equality Act
  • Family Rights at Work
  • Flexible Working
  • Furlough and the Coronavirus
  • Gender Recognition
  • General HR Advice
  • General Updates
  • Grievances & the Grievance Procedure
  • Handbooks & Employment Policies
  • Harassment
  • Health and Safety
  • Holiday and Leave
  • Holiday Pay
  • Mediation
  • Mental health and work
  • Notice
  • Post Termination Restrictions
  • Reasonable Adjustments
  • Recruitment
  • Redundancy
  • Settlement Agreement
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Sickness Absence
  • Suspension at work
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Wages & Pay
  • Whistleblowing
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Discrimination & Equality

Misogyny in the workplace

Misogyny in the workplace is not always clear or easy to identify. It can be subtle, systemic, and deeply embedded in everyday behaviours.
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Best practice for employers

Secret Santa in the workplace

In the run up to Christmas there will be work parties all over the country that are taking place and some organisations will be looking ...
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Best practice for employers

National minimum wage increases in 2026

The government has recently announced the yearly increase to the national minimum wage and whilst the decision has been made in an effort to strike ...
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Disability Discrimination

Disability, Ill health and Employment

Sir Charlie Mayfield Lead Reviewer of Keep Britain Working recently spent 9 months looking at the issues that surround ill health and the workplace. This ...
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Bereavement Leave

Employees will soon be entitled to Bereavement leave

Government consultation on statutory bereavement leave underway. The government recently opened its consultation on the plan to introduce a new statutory right
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Disciplinary Procedures & Dismissals

The pitfalls of casual conduct during formal processes

In many organisations, swearing has become woven into the everyday culture. It may be used jokingly, as a release of tension or simply as an ...
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Employment Tribunal Claims

Time limits for issuing claims in the Employment Tribunal

In the Employment Tribunal there are strict time limits set on the deadline for submitting your claim. In most cases (currently*) the time limit is ...
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Grievances
Employer Resources

Conducting a Grievance Investigation: How do I gather grievance evidence & put together the report

The final part of the grievance investigation is gathering the evidence and producing your conclusions. In this article I deal with what you need to ...
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Employment Contracts

Do your employment contracts adequately cover your legal obligations?

In April 2020, important changes were made to Section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, requiring that all employees and workers receive a written ...
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Disciplinary Procedures & Dismissals

Handling Disciplinary Issues When An Employee Goes Off Sick

It is a scenario that many HR professionals and managers will recognise, just as you begin to investigate a disciplinary matter or schedule a disciplinary ...
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Disciplinary Procedures & Dismissals

Employee sacked for calling manager a “d***head” was unfairly dismissed

A correspondent for the Guardian recently wrote that Tribunals increasingly appear to be deciding disputes that – based on the eye-catching headlines - appear..
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Confidentiality
Employee Resources

Understanding Protected Conversations: What You Need to Know

Discussions about ending employment are never simple. Employers want to manage risks while employees want to protect their rights and reputations.
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