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...

Friday Round Up: 28/04/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 28/04/2023 Hoping our updates are to your satisfaction... lots in here: AI, banter and industrial action... This week's top 5: People are Going to Employment Tribunals Over ‘Banter’ 74% of Employees Say their Leaders Lack Empathy in Addressing Resistance to Change What can We Learn from Recent Case of a Unio...

Friday Round Up: 21/04/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 21/04/2023 Spring has well and truly sprung and back to school battles have been won..... take a moment to reflect with our employment law updates ........ This week's top 5: Annual Fair Employment Monitoring Report Published TUC: Government Failing to Protect Workers from AI 3 in 5 Would Not Work for Compan...

Friday Round Up: 14/04/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 14/04/2023 For updates faster than Joe Biden’s trip to NI……..it’s the Friday Round Up! This week's top 5: NI Mums on Their Battle to Meet Childcare Costs While Working Time for a HR Spring Clean? EU Retained Law Bill may be Delayed Unions Fear Ministers May Backtrack on UK Worker Protection Bill 42% of Emplo...

Thursday Round Up: 06/04/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 06/04/2023 HR's favourite thing about Easter? Finally getting to use all those egg-cellent puns in their company-wide emails without feeling like a total yolker. This Week's Top 5: Equality Law GB NI – Similarities and Differences GB's Worker Protection Bill - Will 'Banter Bouncers' be Required? High Proport...

Friday Round Up 31/03/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 31/03/2023 On the sad news of Paul O'Grady's death, and in the words of his alter ego, Lily Savage always remember "Life is too short to clean an oven." - RIP Paul & Lily This week's top 5: Judicial Assessment and Mediation Launched in Northern Ireland Tribunals Western Trust: Blind Man Paid £3,000 in Di...

Friday Round Up 24/03/2023

Posted in: Weekly Review of Developments on 24/03/2023 Welcome to this week's Friday Round-Up that promises to provide more transparency than Boris Johnson's party planning texts..... This week's top 5: Starplan Furniture - A Cautionary Tale for NI Employers Inside 'McHire': How AI Reduced McDonald's Time-to-Hire by 65% It Needs Men to Disrupt Sexism ...