12 Dec, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: 10 years of Shared Parental Leave By Chris Cuckney When Shared Parental Leave and was introduced on 1 December 2014, it was hailed as something that would revolutionise family leave. It...
04 Dec, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: The Employment Appeal Tribunal clarifies harassment and victimisation in the workplace By Chris Cuckney HR Professionals and employment solicitors are well accustomed to reviewing grievances and Tribunal claims alleging harassment or...
29 Nov, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Employment status in the gig economy following the recent Bolt Employment Tribunal decision By Chris Cuckney The financial crisis in 2008 saw a huge expansion of the gig economy in the UK, with companies increasingly relying on self-employed...
21 Nov, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Protected conversations following Gallagher v McKinnon Auto and Tyres By Chris Cuckney It is common for employers and employees to negotiate an employee’s exit from the business, usually as an alternative to going through a...
28 Oct, 2024 Update on the Worker Protection Act By Kirsty Thompson Last month I did a piece highlighting 5 things to bear in mind about the new duty to prevent sexual harassment. That new duty came into...
24 Oct, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Harassment in the workplace: Insights from Finn v British Bung Manufacturing Company By Chris Cuckney In the case of Finn v British Bung Manufacturing Company, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has provided some important legal clarification...
18 Oct, 2024 10 Key Takeaways from the new Employment Rights Bill By Chris Cuckney The Government’s much anticipated Employment Rights Bill was finally published on 10 October 2024 introducing extensive reforms designed...
09 Oct, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Government introduces a new Growth and Skills Levy to replace the Apprenticeship Levy By Chris Cuckney The Government has announced that the Apprenticeship Levy will be replaced by a new Growth and Skills Levy. As part of its wider strategy...
03 Oct, 2024 The EHRC issues new guidance on supporting disabled workers during hybrid working By Chris Cuckney Hybrid working continues to grow in popularity across the UK, and this trend seems set to continue with the new Labour Government...
27 Sep, 2024 The new duty to prevent sexual harassment: 5 things to bear in mind By Kirsty Thompson It is now less than 1 month until the new duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment comes into force (the Preventative...
17 Jan, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Ways to promote wellbeing in the workplace By Melissa Chuttur In this blog we explore how employers can take steps to help protect their employees’ health and wellbeing. January is often considered a...
05 Oct, 2023 Are executives looking backwards in going forwards? By Katie Maguire A very interesting article to read, particularly given that any jobs adverts I have recently seen are either for fully remote working...