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  • All
  • AI & Employment Law
  • 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 Status
  • 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
  • Gross Misconduct
  • Handbooks & Employment Policies
  • Harassment
  • Health and Safety
  • Holiday and Leave
  • Holiday Pay
  • Mediation
  • Mental health and work
  • Notice
  • Performance Management
  • Post Termination Restrictions
  • Pregnancy and Maternity
  • Probation period
  • Reasonable Adjustments
  • Recruitment
  • Redundancy
  • Remedy Hearing
  • Settlement Agreement
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Sickness Absence
  • Suspension at work
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Wages & Pay
  • Whistleblowing
Artificial Intelligence
Best practice for employers

AI in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept it is already reshaping the way organisations recruit, manage, and support their employees.
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modern slavery
Best practice for employers

Modern Slavery in the Workplace

Modern slavery is often thought of as a relic of history, yet it remains a pressing issue in today’s workplaces and supply chains. The UK’s ...
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staff handbook
Best practice for employers

Are Staff Handbooks Mandatory?

There is no legal requirement across England and Wales for Employers to have a staff handbook. It is however,  considered best practice for employers to ...
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Policies and procedures
Best practice for employers

How to conduct a fair disciplinary process and avoid the common pitfalls

Sometimes taking formal steps to deal with employee issues is necessary in running a business and if handled incorrectly it can expose you to costly ...
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Contract  Breach of Contract
Best practice for employers

What is Lay off and Short-time working?

An alternative to redundancy? Often when employers do not have the work or hours for their employees, they will follow the standard redundancy process on ...
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Grievances
Employer Resources

How to deal with a formal grievance from an employee

Many employers are unsure of the process to follow when they receive a formal grievance from an employee. Below is a summary of what you ...
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Employee Resources

Annual Leave and Sickness

What do you need to know about sickness absence & holiday? Jetting off to tropical beaches, bustling cities, or remote mountain escapes is one of ...
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Disability Discrimination

What should you do when an employee says their misconduct is related to disability?

Does disability excuse bad behaviour at work? The departure of Greg Wallace from Masterchef has been big news.  The long-time co-host of the BBC show ...
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Book about employee rights in an office.
Confidentiality

Employers to be banned from using confidentiality clauses in Settlement Agreements

Government tables amendments to the Employment Rights Bill to prevent NDA’s As part of the government’s overhaul of workers’ rights, it was announced on 8 ...
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A piece of paper on a cork board reading "Sexual Harassment"
Best practice for employers

Sexual Harassment – do you and your employees know where the line is?

What constitutes sexual harassment? Despite ever increasing awareness around sexual harassment in the workplace, many employees still misunderstand what ...
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Disability Discrimination

Should you wait for a diagnosis before implementing reasonable adjustments?

What do you need to consider about reasonable adjustments? Managing long-term sickness absence is a balancing act for employers in considering the needs ...
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right to be accompanied
Disciplinary Procedures & Dismissals

The right for employees to be accompanied to meetings

When does an employee have the right to be accompanied? Aside from informal chats and meetings and investigatory, fact-finding meetings, it is stipulated ...
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