Friday Round Up: 06/12/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 06/12/2024 Welcome to the Friday Round-up! Brought to you by a load of middle-class women of a certain age! 😉 Pressed for time? Dive into the top five must-reads making waves now! 1. 🎄 Office Christmas parties? Fewer of them are ending in tribunal cases these days 2. 👶 Shared parental leave isn’t quite ...

Friday Round Up: 29/11/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 28/11/2024 🥶 Feeling colder than the atmosphere in a disciplinary hearing? Warm up with this week’s hot takes on employment law in Northern Ireland! 🥶 This week's top 5: Northern Ireland Labour Force Survey – Young people not in education, employment or training Over a quarter of employees report eliminati...

Friday Round Up: 22/11/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 22/11/2024 At 34 years old, Home Alone is now old enough to get weekly updates on employment law, probably to ensure Kevin’s booby traps meet workplace health and safety standards! This week's top 5: Annual Review Session of the Week: Fire & Re-hire: Legal Quagmire or Necessary Evil? Equal pay day 2024 ...

Friday Round Up: 15/11/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 15/11/2024 The latest John Lewis ad may be about finding the perfect gift, but we’ve got the gift of this week’s top employment stories to share with you. This week's top 5: Annual Review Session of the Week: Adapting to Change: Understanding NI's ‘Good Jobs’ Consultation Can AI replace the password in 2025?...

Friday Round Up: 08/11/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 08/11/2024 Let’s get all the info, folks. We’re talking about the latest and greatest. If it was on the internet last night, I want to know about it. Tremendous information only - the Friday Round-up - the second most astonishing comeback this week! This week's top 5: Annual Review Session of the Week: Revie...

Friday Round Up: 01/11/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 01/11/2024 Hope you're all surviving Halloween half-term – nothing like a week of sugar-fuelled kids to make the budget seem like the second-scariest thing this October... This week's top 5: Annual Review Session of the Week: Breaking the Habit: Overcoming Substance Misuse in the Workplace ICO: 55% of adults...

Friday Round Up: 25/10/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 25/10/2024 Stix and Stones may break your bones, but skimming tips breaks trust in the workplace......(catchy, right?!) This week's top 5: Annual Review Session of the Week: AI in HR: Balancing Innovation with Compliance Father awarded £20k after gossip about his flexible working Younger LGBTQ+ staff look fo...

Friday Round Up: 18/10/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 18/10/2024 You know things have gotten weird at work when not saying 'hello' becomes a legal matter. Turns out, 'silence is golden' doesn't always apply... This week's top 5: Annual Review Session of the Week: Conflict is not just inevitable; it’s necessary Over a third of HR workers have experienced phishin...

Friday Round Up: 11/10/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 11/10/2024 In honour of World Mental Health Day, take a moment to pause, breathe, and move. Let’s prioritise our mental well-being—because your mind matters just as much as your work. Not convinced? Maybe this public service announcement from the ‘World’s Scariest Boss’, Brian Cox will persuade you………..https...

Friday Round Up: 04/10/2024

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 04/10/2024 "Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes". Wands up for the late, great Dame Maggie Smith. This week's top 5: Annual Review Session of the Week: Harassment in the Workplace Sinn Féin press officers provided references for a man being investigated for child sex offences McDonald’s and supermark...