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Comments about accents

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that comments about an employee's accent can amount to race-related harassment under the Equality Act 2010, even without evidence of discriminatory intent. Alastair Fatemi analyses the judgment. Read more

  NEWS

Dec 10, 2024

Birmingham on verge of settling equal pay claims

Birmingham City Council has reached a framework agreement with UNISON and GMB to settle historic equal pay claims made by members working for the local authority and Birmingham Children's Trust.

  FEATURES AND ANALYSIS

December 17, 2024

Raising new substantive arguments at appeal stage

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled in a case involving a local authority that it would not be in the interests of justice to allow a claimant to raise a new argument on appeal, despite acknowledging an error in the Tribunal’s decision. Gareth Edwards explains why.
November 22, 2024

LGPS fund management reforms

The Government has announced the creation of pension ‘megafunds’. Mark Radford looks at the key points.
November 15, 2024

Fire and re-hire: increased protective awards

The Government has revived a draft order on increased protective awards for failures to follow the statutory Code of Practice. Georgia Blesson looks at what this means for employers.
November 01, 2024

Whistleblowing: Detriment and Dismissal Cases

In the second session of our Autumn/Winter Employment Series, Nick Bidnell-Edwards and Safia Tharoo provide a concise review of whistleblowing law for detriment and dismissal claims, including recent developments, followed by practical tips on how to bring and to defend the claims.
November 01, 2024

Wiping the slate clean - tips and tactics on how best to achieve settlement in the ET

In this webinar Nick Singer and Karolina Zielinska consider how to get the most out of negotiation and judicial mediation for your clients. Given the ever-increasing cost and stress associated with Tribunal proceedings, settlement firmly remains an attractive option when considering how best to resolve a claim for claimants and respondents alike.
October 30, 2024

Disability-related absences and dismissal

Should dismissals for disability-related absences be pleaded as direct discrimination? Robin Pickard examines a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case involving a local authority.

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Oct 03, 2024

Police force issued with £750k fine for “serious” data breach involving staff data

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) with a £750,000 monetary penalty for exposing the personal information of its workforce, after hidden data on a spreadsheet released as part of a FoI request revealed the surnames, initials, ranks and roles of all 9,483 PSNI officers and staff.
Sep 13, 2024

ADCS welcomes “long awaited” Government guidance on use of agency social workers

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has welcomed the Government’s new statutory guidance for local authorities on the use of agency child and family social workers, observing that children and families benefit from having a “consistent” worker who builds a meaningful relationship with them.

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July 31, 2024

The strategic importance of maintaining a positive workplace culture

Gareth Edwards recently reported on the upcoming new mandatory duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, which is due to come into force on 26 October 2024. In this follow-up piece, he discusses how the new sexual harassment law highlights the strategic value of maintaining a positive workplace culture.
July 23, 2024

The King’s Speech - What is on the Employment Law Horizon

The King’s Speech on Wednesday, 17 July, launched the plans for the new Labour Government. Whilst there is quite a lot of information to unpack in the government’s plans, David Leach lifts the lid on what to expect from an employment law perspective.
July 08, 2024

The WFH Debate: Changes to the Flexible Working Regime and lessons from the Wilson case

With the rules on Flexible Working having changed on 6 April 2024, the remote vs office-based working debate which has been the subject of several workplace disputes and tribunal claims since the Covid-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating. It is therefore important that employers are familiar with the changes having come into force to ensure compliance with any future requests, writes David Leach.
July 08, 2024

IR35: when does it apply?

Angela Ferguson covers IR35 legisislation and runs viewers through recent employment law changes.
June 26, 2024

Workplace investigations demystified

Jenny Arrowsmith and Jake Marshall set out ten lessons from the tribunals when it comes to the conduct of workplace investigations.
May 28, 2024

The new law on sexual harassment in the workplace

The Government has recently passed new legislation to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 is due to come into force on 26 October 2024. Nicole Natur takes a closer look at the Act and how it will impact employers, as well as the steps that should be taken in order to prepare for the change.