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All
  • All
  • Best practice for employers
  • Bullying at Work
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disciplinary Procedures & Dismissals
  • Discrimination & Equality
  • Employee Resources
  • Employer Resources
  • Employment Contracts
  • Employment Tribunal Claims
  • Family Rights at Work
  • Furlough and the Coronavirus
  • General HR Advice
  • General Updates
  • Grievances & the Grievance Procedure
  • Handbooks & Employment Policies
  • Reasonable Adjustments
  • Recruitment
  • Redundancy
  • Settlement Agreement
  • Sickness Absence
  • Wages & Pay
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Suspension advice for employers

Regardless of whether the allegations are serious, or the right to suspend is expressly included in the contract, employers need to pause to consider ...
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Reasonable Adjustments – Leadership Inclusivity

Employer obligation to make reasonable adjustments. In a recent survey it has been established that employers are not forthcoming or proactive in assessing ...
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Changes to the National Minimum Wage 2024

The rates for the national minimum wage from April 2024 have been announced and there is one major change that employers need to note...
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Neuro divergence and work

What should employers be considering with a neuro divergent workforce?
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New Sexual Harassment Laws

New Sexual Harassment Laws. The new law, contained in the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, will come into force in October ...
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Employer wins employment tribunal claim following incorrect expenses claims made by an ex-employee

Employer wins employment tribunal claim following incorrect expenses claims made by an ex-employee. An interesting case hit the news headlines last week..
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Change to the law: Right to predictable working pattern

Change to the law: Right to predictable working pattern. Workers will be able to request a predictable work pattern from 2024
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New Government Guidance on Fit Notes for Employers

New Government Guidance on Fit Notes for Employers. Fit notes have undergone significant changes in the last 18 months; including a new version of ...
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When can a heated discussion turn into constructive dismissal?

When can a heated discussion turn into constructive dismissal? Constructive unfair dismissal guidance from a recent Tribunal case...
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Is it indirect discrimination to dismiss an employee for refusing to work weekends?

Is it indirect discrimination to dismiss an employee for refusing to work weekends? Mrs Dobson V Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2023] 5 WLUK 624...
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Employment Tribunal Claims

Can a statutory redundancy payment be restored if an employee refuses suitable alternative employment and then changes their mind?

In a recent case of Love v M B Farm Produce Ltd ET/2304946/2022, the Employment Tribunal held that an employee’s entitlement to a statutory redundancy ...
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Sickness Absence Rates in the UK Hit 10-Year High

How do employers deal with high sickness absence rates? According to new survey findings from the CIPD and Simplyhealth (2023), UK employees were ...
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