It’s July and if you’ve still got energy after all the Wimbledon watching and build up to the summer holiday season, then we’ve got more HR/employment news for you. We’ve got the latest on the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices and its recommendations for reform to non-traditional employment relationships (including in the ‘gig economy’)…
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It’s June and the month of warm (some of them too warm!), long, sunny days or, failing that, at least there’s been the Election and the wacky hats of Royal Ascot for a bit of light entertainment! However, we’ll try to compete for your attention with our update on HR/Employment law news. This month we…
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It’s May, named after Maia, the Greek goddess linked to spring and growth.  We think it fitting therefore that this month we were all, including employers, asked to open up our minds during Mental Health Awareness week (from 8 to 14 May) and take a fresh look at mental health.  We’re doing our bit to…
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It’s April and after the egg-citement (sorry!) of the long Easter weekend it’s back to work.  In order to help you get cracking (sorry again!) we’ve hunted out the most up to date HR/Employment Law news for you.  This includes the race in the workplace review and what this could mean for employers, the Government’s consultation on…
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It’s March and in keeping with the spirit of Spring, we’re leaping forward into April to see what changes are in store for employers. We also step backwards to 2016 to recap on what is happening with Tribunal claims and statistics before reviewing the latest developments in respect of workplace dress codes following the news story of…
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It’s February and although we can’t promise to rekindle the love of Valentine’s Day, we can reassure you that law is all around us this month.  We get up close to employment status with a focus on its complexities in both our News and Cases sections. We also take a moment to explore the outcome of the…
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Happy New Year and welcome to our first Newsletter of 2017. We hope you are all surviving the cold and managing to still maintain just one or two of your New Year’s resolutions. If one of those resolutions is to keep more up to date with HR/employment law news then we can help with that…
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It’s December and hopefully you’re on a Christmas wind-down and enjoying the festivities.  We offer you our final serving of employment law/HR news for the year for you to feast on. Our 2016 Newsletters come to an end with a helping hand on data protection, the Trade Union Act 2016 and the gender pay gap. In our…
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It’s November and although we can’t promise any HR/employment law firework displays this month (it’s been quiet!), we can update you on the national and living wage predictions, Government plans for workplace health, and the ACAS guide on marriage and civil partnership discrimination. Our case update this month focuses on rest breaks under the Working…
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It’s October and as the daylight hours recede and the winter nights set in you may have more time on your hands for getting to grips with the latest HR/employment law news (or possibly not and you’re too busy with your workload and getting ready for all the fabulous fun of Halloween and even Christmas!). Either way…
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