Rather than our usual Two Minute Monthly employment law round-up, we are posting for March 2025 a blog by Partner Katherine Pope on the nature and purpose of risk assessments in complying with the sexual harassment...more
Welcome to the new Two Minute Weekly.
Following requests from readers, we are changing the format of our employment law newsletter. It will now be weekly and will feature as it did before news items and new cases....more
7/18/2024
/ Compensation ,
Compliance ,
Consultation ,
Draft Guidance ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ,
Human Rights ,
International Labor Laws ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Third-Party ,
UK
Our May update includes a case on whistleblowing where the claimant’s belief in the disclosures was questioned along with whether decision makers who knew little or nothing about the disclosures could be blamed for those who...more
5/30/2024
/ Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Information Reports ,
Pay Gap ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblowers
The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill (the Act) recently received Royal Assent and will come into force in October 2024.
Although there is no clue in the title, the Act is concerned exclusively with...more
At the moment, there is no claim that can be brought in an employment tribunal just for being bullied at work.
The Bullying and Respect at Work Bill, if passed, would change that by creating a separate type of claim as...more
Our April 2021 update includes a case which signals a potentially significant change in approach to TUPE transfers involving multiple transferees. We also consider a recent whistleblowing case in which it was considered that...more
Welcome to the next post in our weekly series of hands-on guidance for UK HR professionals. In this series we look at common HR issues that you’ll encounter in the workplace and give you practical guidance on how to deal with...more
Our first update of 2020 outlines key UK employment law developments over the last month. It includes cases on the definition of ‘employee’ under TUPE, the impact of a job evaluation survey in relation to equal pay, direct...more
1/13/2020
/ Dress Codes ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equal Pay ,
European Court of Human Rights ,
Freedom of Expression ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Maternity Leave ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Subject Access Request (SAR) ,
TUPE ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Wage and Hour