Friday Round Up: 07/07/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 07/07/2023 While everyone's basking in beachy bliss, our Friday Round Up will ensure employment law is the only thing making waves in your organisation this week! This Week's Top 5: Case Review: Shiels v Southern Health and Social Care Trust [2023] NIIT 59765/22 NI Road Users Warned to be 'Vigilant' Due to R...

Friday Round Up: 30/06/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 30/06/2023 Why did HR introduce yoga classes? To help employees find inner peace amidst HR chaos. It's all about "zenployee" development! This week's top 5: Managing Workplace Affairs 'Go back to your stripping job' worker wins £6,000 Compensation at ET Westminster to make Working Time Regulations Changes T...

Friday Round Up: 23/06/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 23/06/2023 Be careful what you ask for....employment law updates? No problem, you got them! Cage fight between two billionaires?...."Send me the location"! This week's top 5: Firms Named for Failing to Pay Minimum Wage Childcare Implications on Employees if Office Working Becomes the Default Seven in Ten Cas...

Friday Round Up: 16/06/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 16/06/2023 What do the words "Water", "Celeb" and "Party" all have in common? They were all "gate" scandals! Here's some fresh employment law updates, without the scandal.... This week's top 5: Expert's Advice on Your Rights When Working in Hot Weather Are Employees in the UK the Most Disengaged, Dissatisfi...

Friday Round Up: 09/06/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 09/06/2023 "LIV. Like, I hope it goes away..............." Well love it or hate it, LIV is not going away anytime soon like our employment law updates....." This week's top 5: Majority of Absence Now due to Mental Health Do Your LGBTQ+ Employees Feel Supported? ICO Warns of “Real Danger” of Discrimination in...

Friday Round Up: 02/06/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 02/06/2023 ITV, BBC ... HR is definitely not as easy as 1,2,3! This week's top 5: Disability Discrimination Case Settled Against Home Bargains for £25,000 Donna Traynor: Tribunal Hears how Former TV Presenter was Bullied by BBC FonaCab: Taxi Firm Sacks Driver over 'Gun' Video Under 35s are Forcing a Workplac...

Friday Round Up: 26/05/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 25/05/2023 Just as Patrick Kielty had better stock up on his Christmas jumpers, you should top up your employment law knowledge. Don’t worry, we have it all below … This week's top 5 Comparative Law Table Updated and Re-launched! Can I Fire Someone for Playing Hide And Seek in the Office?(!) ICO Publishes N...

Friday Round Up: 19/05/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 19/05/2023 15th - 23rd May, Mental Health Awareness Week"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light" - Albus Dumbledore This week's top 5: Two in Three Young Women Experience Harassment at Work Brexit Freedoms Bill: UK Government proposes changes to employ...

Friday Round Up: 12/05/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 12/05/2023 So what's your favourite Eurovision song? While you're 'Making you're Mind Up', here's the Friday Round-up! This week's top 5: Brexit Freedoms Bill - Abandoning of Sunset Clause Why 3 Day Weekends are Great for Wellbeing – and the Economy IBM Boss Suggests Firm's HR Roles Could be Replaced with AI...

Friday Round Up: 05/05/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 05/05/2023 You wait all year for a Bank Holiday, and then 3 come along at once! Enjoy the long weekend! This week's top 5: AI 'Godfather' Geoffrey Hinton Warns of Dangers as He Quits Google Are Staff Entitled to a Day Off for the Coronation Bank Holiday? Will Hospitality Workers Ever Get a Four-day Week? Thi...