Blog Post Blog Post How can hair be a source of discrimination? 31 October 2022 Chris Phillips Employment On 27 October 2022, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued its new guidance on preventing hair discrimination in schools.…
Webinar Webinar Employment Law Webinar | Employment Law Update 25 October 2022 Jillian McLaughlan Employment Case law and legislation are constantly changing the face of employment law. There have been a number of recent changes including, case law…
Blog Post Blog Post The four-day week: An employers perspective 21 October 2022 Andrew Wallace Employment With trials of 4 day working continuing in the UK, the CIPD has recently issued their own survey detailing companies’ perspectives on the…
Blog Post Blog Post World Mental Health Day: Making mental health and well-being a priority 10 October 2022 Chris Phillips Employment Today marks World Mental Health Day and gives as an opportunity to reflect on the importance of our wellbeing at work and at home and how…
Webinar Webinar Employment Law Webinar | Menopause and the workplace 6 October 2022 Noele McClelland Employment Recent studies have shown that nine in ten people feel menopause affects their work, and what was once a taboo subject is now very much on…
Blog Post Blog Post The new Brexit Freedoms Bill: Impact on Employment Law 26 September 2022 Debbie Fellows Employment The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill was published on 22 September 2022, marking what could be the most significant piece of UK…
Blog Post Blog Post Taking stock of the Gender Pay Gap: International Equal Pay Day 16 September 2022 Debbie Fellows Employment Despite efforts to combat the Gender Pay Gap, the issue of equal pay persists globally, and much more remains to be done. In an effort to…
Blog Post Blog Post Employment Spotlight on Suspensions 13 September 2022 Andrew Wallace Employment Over the last five years, there has been a shift in the perception of suspension during disciplinary procedures. Conventionally, it was…
Blog Post Blog Post Blowing the whistle on poor practice in the workplace 8 September 2022 Chris Phillips Employment An orthopaedic surgeon in England has been successful at the Employment Tribunal after claiming he was unfairly dismissed from The Care…
Blog Post Blog Post The Perfect Storm – Homeworking and Skilled Worker shortages in the Information and Communications sector 8 September 2022 Andrew Wallace Employment, Immigration This blog post will look at what Home Office Licenced Sponsors need to do to ensure that they are meeting their duties and responsibilities…
Blog Post Blog Post Veganism, the SNP, and Rangers FC: What’s in a Philosophical Belief? 8 September 2022 Debbie Fellows Employment Section 10 of the Equality Act 2010 law covers three different types of belief: religion, religious belief, and philosophical belief. The…
Webinar Webinar Employment Law Webinar | Managing and Calculating Holiday Pay for Atypical workers. 25 August 2022 Noele McClelland Employment A worker’s right to minimum paid annual leave is clearly set out in the Working Time Regulations 1998. Whilst the amount of leave…
Blog Post Blog Post Scale-up Visas: A new immigration route 22 August 2022 Louise Crichton Employment, Immigration The Scale-up Visa route comes into force today on 22 August 2022. The Scale-up Visa is a key visa route in the Home Office Plan for Growth…
Blog Post Blog Post The Cost of Living Crisis – Advice for Employers 10 August 2022 Noele McClelland Employment Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), hit 9.4% in the year to June – the highest level for 40 years, in the face of…
Blog Post Blog Post Working Time Holidays and Atypical Workers: the challenges following Harpur Trust v Brazel 4 August 2022 Noele McClelland Employment At the end of July, the Supreme Court issued its decision in a case concerning the entitlement to annual leave, and pay for that leave,…
Blog Post Blog Post Zero hours’ contracts: on the fringe of acceptability? 2 August 2022 Chris Phillips Employment Zero-hour contracts, sometimes also known as casual contracts are typically used where an employer needs flexibility to meet short term…
Blog Post Blog Post The Great Resignation: How to retain good employees 27 July 2022 Debbie Fellows Employment The Great Resignation is the term used to describe the ongoing trend in which large number of employees are changing jobs. Possible causes…
Blog Post Blog Post Is time up on the gig economy? 19 July 2022 Chris Phillips Employment The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) made headlines recently after their campaign to highlight that some of their members…
Blog Post Blog Post Hybrid Working – Tips for Employers 19 July 2022 Debbie Fellows Employment Businesses have gone through a lot of changes over the past couple of years with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and companies now…
Blog Post Blog Post The four-day work week: An ambitious pipe-dream or a welcome reality? 14 July 2022 Debbie Fellows Employment The four-day working week is the innovative idea currently being trialled across 60 British companies following a dramatic increase in…
Blog Post Blog Post The gig economy: where should we go from here? 14 July 2022 Chris Phillips Employment Following the widely reported debate around employment status prompted in part by the disputes which resulted in cases such as Pimlico…