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Thinking Time: HR needs to find space to consider The Employment Rights Bill
The Employment Rights Bill may not come into effect until next year but, now is the time for HR to consider the implications.
Can staff now be forced back to the office?
Headlines have been blowing up this week with several big businesses making policy changes to force its workforce back into the office. A topic that often results in a heated debate.
Fear of retaliation: why whistleblowers hesitate
The financial sector must do more to protect those who choose to speak up. Commentary from Will Burrows
Employees more likely to report sexual misconduct than malpractice
More than half of employees (51%) would not feel safe reporting that their company was breaking the law, research by Bloomsbury Square Employment Law found in October. Of these, 45% cited fear of losing their job as the reason.
Firing a whistleblower – legally
Chris Hogg outlines the law regarding dismissal of a whistleblower for reasons other than blowing the whistle
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The Employment Rights Bill made 2024 a major year for employment law in the UK. In this article, Hardeep Kular takes a look at the evolving legal landscape and the key changes which employers and employees should be watching out for in 2025 as well as further anticipated changes in 2026.
Simple guide to ex gratia payments, its purpose in settling disputes, the potential legal implications written by a top lawyer specialising in Ex Gratia advice
The existence and extent of any restrictive covenants are critical to consider at an early stage in the recruitment process.
The furlough scheme implemented by the U.K. Government in April 2020 as a response to the lockdown measures during the Covid-19 crisis ends today, 30 September 2021.
There are a lot of myths about restrictive covenants and whether or not they are enforceable. Restrictive covenants are enforceable if they are no wider than necessary to protect an employer’s legitimate business interests.
In May 2021, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) published a first of its kind report systematically mapping the incidence of conflict across UK workplaces, titled ‘Estimating the Costs of Workplace Conflict’.
