Weekly Review of Developments 25/3/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 25/03/2022 Here's your bumper edition of the Weekly Review following on from last week's absence due to the holiday and it just shows that a lot can happen in a week! This week's top stories: Not Consulting on Job Cuts Broke the Law - P&O Boss Admits. Annual rate increases are announced. SSP Covid rule...

Weekly Review of Developments 11/3/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 11/03/2022 Due to St Patrick’s Day being on Thursday next week and lots of our readers taking a long weekend, we’ll be back with a bumper edition of your employment review on 25th March. Meanwhile, here’s this week’s news… This week's top 5: Ukraine Crisis - Considerations for Employers International Women’s...

Weekly Review of Developments 4/3/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 04/03/2022 If you can, please take some time to donate to https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal. This week's top 5: Updated Comparative Employment Law Table Published! Women Work for Free for Nearly Two Months of the Year What are the Top Skills HR Will Need in 2030? Employee Surveillan...

Weekly Review of Developments 25/2/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 25/02/2022 Here is the employment-related news that might impact upon you… This week's top five: Our Comparative Table has been updated and is coming soon! Fainting pilots and salacious rumours - the case of Lawson v Virgin Atlantic has it all! Almost 40% of UK FTSE 100 Board Roles held by women 1 in 8 Worki...

Weekly Review of Developments 18/2/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 18/02/2022 Dudley and Eunice aren’t proper names for storms, are they? Just not scary enough. What’s next, Storm Fluffy? Anyway, here are a few items for you to read once you’ve battened down the hatches. This week's top 5: Remaining restrictions in NI are lifted. Catholic worker receives £500k in British Ar...

Weekly Review of Developments 11/2/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 11/02/2022 Greggs are launching a clothing range at Primark. That’s a sur-pies but apparently it won’t cost a lot of dough. Here’s the other news we cooked up for you this week… This week's top stories: Assembly backs Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Bill Home working helped women back into work Co Armagh ...

Weekly Review of Developments 4/2/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 04/02/2022 How on earth could any reasonable employer be expected to know that calling their oldest colleague “Half-dead Dave” might be deemed discriminatory by a tribunal? PC gone mad, we say… This week's top 5: Appeal decision in Pimlico Plumbers holiday pay case issued Co-op workers win legal argument in ...

Weekly Review of Developments 28/1/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 28/01/2022 Wine, cheese, cake, rhubarb. Some workplaces have a varied menu. Here’s the employment news that’s kept us salivating this week at Legal Island… This week's top 5: Half of workers are kinder to colleagues than before Covid What the Protocol means for Employment and Equality law in NI Younger worke...

Weekly Review of Developments 21/1/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 21/01/2022 Excellent news - from Wednesday we’ll no longer need vaccine passports to get into work events or other places where drink is regularly served. This week's top 5: NI Executive announces easing of restrictions. Pay rises fail to keep up with the cost of living One Million Women Could Quit Due to L...

Weekly Review of Developments 14/1/2022

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 14/01/2022 Just when I thought I was in, they pull me back out again. What a week for news! Here are a few important workplace-related issues that you might have missed as a result... This week's top 5: Welcome to the 4-day Week Pilot Programme! £150,000 starting salaries as firms fight for staff Top Executi...