24 Jul, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: What does the King’s Speech 2024 mean for Employment Law By Melissa Chuttur Labour’s “New Deal for Working People” (New Deal) and their Manifesto outlined a series of potential reforms and commitments within the...
18 Jul, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Workplace Sexual Harassment - EHRC Launches Consultation on Updated Guidance By Melissa Chuttur We previously reported on the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 which is scheduled to come into force on 26...
11 Jul, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Unfair Dismissal Rights under the New Labour Government By Melissa Chuttur With a new Labour Government we are expecting to see significant changes made to the employment law landscape within the first 100 days...
08 Jul, 2024 All Change? Labour’s New Deal for Working People, the clock is already ticking By Kirsty Thompson Labour has promised a radical shake up, when it comes to employment law, and committed to an ambitious timetable to introduce its...
05 Jul, 2024 All Change? A guide to the new Government By Devonshires News So, the electorate has spoken and we have a new Labour Government (note: not the same thing as a New Labour Government). Whichever Prime...
03 Jul, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: High Court Judgment considering whether the Identity of Recipients can be withheld By Melissa Chuttur A significant Judgment was recently issued in the High Court case of Harrison v Cameron & Others [2024], which considered whether a data...
01 Jul, 2024 Are RPs geared up to deal with inquests? By Samantha Grix The answer to the above question is all too often ‘no’ and is something that needs consideration. Fiona Underwood of Altair and I have...
26 Jun, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Volunteer found to be a Worker By Melissa Chuttur In the recent case of Mr Martin Groom v Maritime and Coastguard Agency [2024], the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the EAT) considered the...
19 Jun, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Redeployment and fairness of dismissal By Melissa Chuttur In the recent case of Bugden v Royal Mail Group [2024], the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the EAT) found that the Employment Tribunal (the...
14 Jun, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: The Dismissal and Re-engagement Code of Practice comes into force on 18 July 2024 By Melissa Chuttur An Order was recently made to bring the statutory Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement (the Code) into force on 18 July 2024....
30 May, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: The “Sick Note Culture” and the Government's Plans for Reform By Melissa Chuttur We have prepared this blog to digest the Government’s prospective plans to reform the benefit system, which aims to tackle the so called...
22 May, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Neurodivergent Disabilities and reasonable adjustments in a Recruitment Process By Melissa Chuttur We thought this blog would serve as a useful reminder to employers of their duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable...