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![Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Guide](/media/7045/picture3.jpg?width=700)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Guid...
If you work with hazardous substances, in construction, or in extreme temperatures, you’ve probably ...
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Predictions for UK Health and Safety in ...
As the Christmas Holidays become a distant memory and 2025 gets into gear, the business world is get...
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HSE RIDDOR Statistics 2024
RIDDOR or the Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations is the law requir...
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Guide to employee improvement plans
If one of your employees is underperforming, it can lead to a tricky conversation where you’ll find ...
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Alternatives to fire and rehire
With fire and rehire being set in the crosshairs of the new Labour Government as part of their Emplo...
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How does a company car allowance work?
A company car is a perk that helps recruit and retain great staff. For some, having a company vehicl...
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How to Keep Your Staff Motivated
Keeping your staff motivated can be the key to success for many businesses. If your staff are happy ...
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Line Management
What can effective line management achieve for your business and how can you increase its impact wit...
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How to Deal With Employee Victimisation
How do you deal with victimisation at work, as an employer? This type of mistreatment in the workpla...
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Effective Tronc Schemes Setup and Manage...
With the new law regarding tips and how they’re distributed coming into play in October of this year...
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Young people in the workplace
As a new generation starts to enter the workplace there's a good chance that your business will empl...
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PAT testing for Home Workers
With businesses operating work from home and hybrid policies over the last few years and with the La...
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How to Minimise HR and Health & Safety r...
The annual work Christmas party is the chance for colleagues to get together in the festive spirit a...
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Managing Employee Conduct in the Workpla...
It’s essential that employees understand the expectations of them to maintain certain standards of b...
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Toilet Breaks at Work
As an employer, it's nearly impossible to track how many times employees take 'loo breaks' per day. ...
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Work Uniforms: Employer's Guide
You may need to do it for the safety of your staff, or to uphold a professional company profile. Oth...
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Whistleblowing
When a person experiences an unlawful situation at work, they may decide to 'blow the whistle' on it...
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Holiday, use it or lose it! An Employers...
All employees are entitled to a set number of days paid annual holiday, this is outlined in law and ...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder - How to Sup...
As the autumnal weather starts to take hold and daylight starts to ebb at a rapid rate, the mood of ...
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Everything you need to know about gig ec...
An evolution from the typical 9-5 job, gig work has risen to prominence over the last decade. Charac...
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What to do with employees on zero hour c...
With the new Employment Rights Bill the government is set to make some of the largest changes to emp...
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Winter in the Workplace
The shift in seasons has started to become noticeable, the mornings are cold, and the days are getti...
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Smoking Breaks at Work
Employees are not automatically entitled to take a smoke break during the working day, and you are l...
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Racial Discrimination at Work
There are various pieces of legislation regarding racial discrimination in the UK. They protect indi...
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The Employee Work Bonus
Knowing what type of bonus to implement into your business, and what qualifying criteria should be i...
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Fire Safety in the Workplace for Employe...
In light of the recent horrendous tragedy at Grenfell Tower in London, the safety of our premises, i...
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New Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment in...
October 26th heralds the implementation of the Government’s Worker Protection Act and as part of thi...
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Associative Discrimination at Work
It is unlawful to treat an individual unfairly at work under any protected characteristics outlined ...
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Can I Complete My Own Fire Risk Assessme...
Keeping your employees safe should be one of your main concerns as an employer. This includes implem...
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Redundancy Protection - Employment Right...
In April of 2024, employers were introduced to the changes in redundancy rules, which gives employee...
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Workers' Rights: Breaks
While most employees have the right to take breaks at work, as a business owner it’s not mandatory t...
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Fire Safety
If you’re reading this, and you’re an employer, you—yes you—are responsible for the fire safety...
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Worker Protection Act 2023
The Worker Protection Act 2023 is due to come into effect in October 2024. This act means that emplo...
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The end of 'Fire and Rehire' Schemes
With a new employment rights bill on the horizon, Employers all over the country have been left wond...
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Employer's Duty of Care
Employers have both a moral and legal obligation to protect the health and safety of their workforce...
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Building Safety Act 2022
The Building Safety Act 2022 brings several measures intended to make buildings and residents safer....
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Written Warnings Guide
Knowing when you need to issue a written warning to a staff member is tricky. It can be an unpleasan...
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Gig Economy Workers and Health & Safety
With more and more people around the UK utilising online platforms for the delivery of goods and foo...
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Direct Discrimination in the Workplace
Did you know that direct discrimination can occur as early as the interview stage in employment? Whe...
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Supporting Disabled Employees with Hybri...
New guidance regarding supporting hybrid working arrangements for employees with disabilities has be...
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Employee Incentives – How to Use Them
Offering incentives for employees shows that you appreciate their contribution to your business’s su...
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TRONC: Top Tips for Managing Tips
TRONC comes into force in October of this year (2024) and businesses in certain sectors will be impa...
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Employer's Guide to Mobility Clauses
Relocation of employees can occur for several reasons. A reduction in work, a business reshuffle, or...
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Tronc Scheme: Employment (Allocation of...
Businesses operating in certain sectors will be impacted the TRONC scheme compliance act which is du...
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Dust in the Workplace
Dust is inevitable in certain jobs, but putting in measures in place for controlling dust can help r...
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Statutory Notice Period
The statutory notice period protects both the employer and the employee when employment comes to an ...
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HR For Small Business
So you've decided to start (or you already run) your own small business. Taking the plunge is a brav...
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Asbestos in the Workplace
Asbestos in the workplace can be a real problem, this once commonly used material can be a hazard to...
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Employee Onboarding Processes
The growth of any business is reliant on talent acquisition. Once you’ve mastered the HR recruitment...
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Noise in the Workplace
According to the HSE, estimates of those suffering deafness, tinnitus or some kind of ear condition ...
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A Comprehensive List of Employment Legis...
It is essential that, as an employer, you are knowledgeable about employment legislation and laws. T...
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What is Salary Benchmarking?
If you work in HR, you would no doubt have heard about salary benchmarking. But what exactly is it? ...
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Indirect Discrimination in the Workplace
How do you best avoid discriminating against an individual? The obvious first thought that comes to ...
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SOSR Dismissals: When is it Fair to Use ...
In order to dismiss an employee lawfully, you need to be able to provide a fair reason for the dismi...
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Who is Responsible for Health & Safety i...
Employers often have confusion around what their health and safety responsibilities are. Accidents...
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Breach of Employment Contract
Your employment contracts are legally binding agreements between you (the Employer) and your staff m...
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Employer Rights and Responsibilities in ...
All businesses operating within the UK must follow specific regulations put in place to protect empl...
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Religious Discrimination
A particular religion or belief can play a big part of an individual’s life. While you may or may no...
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UK Riots: What employers need to do?
You'll no doubt be aware of the attack in Southport last week. The incident that left three children...
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Unfair Treatment at Work in the UK
We would like to believe that nobody feels unfairly treated at work, but sadly, this is not the case...
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EAP in the Workplace
Mental health and wellbeing fall under The Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Meaning that e...
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How to Work Out Pro-Rata
You've undoubtedly heard the term ‘pro rata'. But do you know exactly what it means and how to work ...
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Common Mistakes in Health and Safety Tra...
No matter what industry or type of workplace you have, all of your employees will require some form ...
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Managing Sickness Absence During Hot Wea...
Sickness absence is a major cause of disruption to business activities. For this reason, it’s unders...
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Do I Need a Sporting Events Policy?
The 2024 Olympics started last week, meaning that it's more than likely you are to see increased sic...
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What is Unconscious Bias?
The vast majority of companies in the country will know about discrimination and will actively take ...
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10 Tips About Your Workforce and Bank Ho...
Do you have employees who work over bank holidays? Public holidays raise all sorts of questions, f...
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10 Common Employee Conduct Issues & How ...
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Preventing Employee Burnout
Often when we talk about employee turnover and burnout, we don't think about managers. But as an emp...
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The Nine Protected Characteristics in UK...
In UK employment law, the Equality Act 2010 identifies nine protected characteristics. In HR, we tal...
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ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitra...
As an employer, there is a good chance that you will run into conflict between yourself and an emplo...
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What is a Critical Incident Report at Wo...
You have a duty of care to your employees, which means you’re required to take all necessary precaut...
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Absence Management: Creating a Policy Th...
Did you know that an unauthorised leave of absence could lead to disciplinary action or a misconduct...
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Safety operating procedures in the workp...
Keeping your employees safe while at work should be the top priority for every employer, implementin...
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Agency Worker Guide
Employers sometimes need to hire temporary agency workers to help in certain areas of the business, ...
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Sun, Sea & Unauthorised Summer Absence
The sun is shining, the holiday season is upon us and schools are closing for the end of term break....
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The Five Fair Reasons for Dismissal - A ...
Removing staff from your company can be challenging. if you get it wrong it can be very costly for y...
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The Complete Guide to Paternity
Paternity leave is an almost inevitable part of managing your employees. All employees who meet the ...
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LOLER - An Overview
LOLER is an acronym for Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. This is a set of...
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Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Although there have been huge strides in equality in the past few years, discrimination in the workp...
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Soft Skills
Employees with all the technical knowledge necessary for a job may still fail in a role because of t...
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What is Volunteer Management?
Put simply, volunteer management is the process an employer would take when they are recruiting and ...
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Do Your Employees Have a Right to Reques...
Perceptions of working routines have changed in recent years, the perception of working routines ...
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Lone Working Laws and Health & Safety
If you have lone workers, there are UK employment laws and essential health & safety requirement...
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HR Operations: The Business Essential
Running a business of any size can feel like a rollercoaster at times. One week, profitability is up...
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Unlawful Deduction of Wages
If you make deductions to an employee’s salary, they may make an unlawful deduction from wages claim...
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HR Over The Years
As we celebrate international HR day on 20th May 2024, Croner looks back on the key policy changes t...
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Why Businesses Need to Adapt to Digital ...
Data protection and social media policy for businesses While the name of the social media platform ...
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Mental Health Day: How to Improve Your W...
This month is International Mental Health Month: a month to raise awareness, and reflect on what we ...
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Unfair Dismissal - Everything you need t...
Usually, an employee needs two years of continuous employment to claim unfair dismissal. However, un...
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Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Poi...
If you work within the food and drink industry you may have stumbled across a hazard analysis and cr...
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Top Tips – How to Approach a Difficult C...
Part of being an employer is having difficult conversations with your staff. It's never easy whethe...
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Managing strikes in the workplace
Strikes are becoming the norm. Different trade unions have decided to take industrial action to get ...
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Dispute Resolution
No matter the size of your business, effectively resolving disputes is an important skill. There are...
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Are Computer Screens Destroying Your Eye...
According to one study, as many as 90% of people who work at computer screens in the UK have symptom...
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Emergency Response Planning
No matter what your workplace is, you must ensure that you have an emergency response plan in place....
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Carer’s leave
The government has confirmed that under the Carer’s Leave Act 2023, employees with care responsibili...
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Accommodating Ramadan in the Workplace
Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, next beginning on 11 March, and is observed by Muslims...
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Everything You Need to Know About RIDDOR
Every employer has a legal obligation to present a healthy and secure workplace environment. By adhe...
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Seasonal Labor Management
In the UK, seasonal workers play a vital role in agriculture, handling tasks from crop harvesting to...
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One in Five Eateries Failing to meet Foo...
A new investigation by the consumer group Which? has revealed that one in every five eateries in the...
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Health & Safety in the Kitchen
The majority of workplaces have a break area or a kitchen where staff can prepare lunches and eat fo...
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Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations...
Regulations confirm the removal of the 26-week service requirement from 6 April 2024 From April 202...
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When Allergens Turn Deadly - Food Allerg...
A Food Allergy is an immune system reaction that occurs soon after eating certain foods. Around 2 m...
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Supporting Employees’ Dietary Diversity
It may seem simple at first glance, but for many employers, being inclusive of employees’ dietary re...
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Managing the Health & Safety of Sedentar...
Sedentary lifestyles are commonplace among office workers, but to make matters worse, a large portio...
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How can I improve my HR?
What is the role of HR in the workplace and what are the duties and responsibilities of human resour...
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The Interview Process
The interview process is understandably a nerve-wracking experience for interviewees and interviewer...
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Shift Pattern Change Laws
It doesn’t matter how rigid your employment contracts are, employees can still request changes to th...
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UK Holiday Laws: A Guide for Employers
The case of Harpur Trust v Brazel has significantly impacted UK holiday entitlement laws, leading to...
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Health and Safety Tips for Employers
It's an employer's job to ensure the safety of their employees and anyone who visits their premises....
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Ethnicity Pay Gap
Unlike the gender and executive pay gaps, it’s not a legal requirement to report on the ethnicity pa...
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Celebrate Black History Month UK at Work...
Business leaders like you might be wondering how to best recognise Black History Month this October....
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Sex Discrimination
Sexual discrimination can be difficult to root out in organisations. Especially when it’s not obviou...
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Health & Safety Audits
Health and Safety audits and inspections are vital to the wellbeing of your workforce. The HSE stat...
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Health and Safety Inspections and Reinfo...
We’ve all seen the news recently with hundreds of school buildings up and down the country being tol...
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Tackling Loneliness in your Workforce
Loneliness within your workplace can have a significant impact on workplace wellbeing, your employee...
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What is a Training Agreement?
As an employer you want your employees to reach their full potential. The more productive and engage...
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Employment Tribunal
For employers, going to employment tribunals can be scary, time-consuming and stressful. And that’s ...
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Zero Hour Contracts: An Employer's Guide
As demands by unions intensify for a ban on zero-hours contracts, you may well be scrambling to chec...
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What is a Disciplinary Hearing?
From time to time, your business can face situations where an employee’s behaviour breaches your rul...
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Common health & safety policy mistakes
In the UK if you have five or more employees, you are required to have a health and safety policy in...
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Ways to Improve Health & Safety Engageme...
The health and safety of your employees should be at the top of your management priority list, no ma...
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Data Protection
While members of the public may have access to specific information, certain pieces are confidential...
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What should employers consider for e-bik...
Many businesses like yours are implementing schemes to improve sustainability, people have started t...
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Constructive Dismissal
Sometimes it can be complicated trying to understand constructive dismissal. When an employee resign...
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How to Combat Poor Housekeeping
Slips, trips and falls remain the highest cause of workplace injuries reported to the HSE—31% of the...
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How to Reduce Slips, Trips & Falls in Yo...
Slips and trips are the most common cause of injury at work. On average, they cause 40 per cent of a...
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Working Without a Contract
As an employer, an agreement exists between you and your employees. This agreement may not be down i...
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Drugs & Alcohol in the Workplace
The 2017/18 Crime Survey for England and Wales found that one-third of adults aged 16–59 took illici...
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What is Capability Dismissal?
Capability dismissal can be a contentious issue and one that often ends up at an employment tribunal...
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Health & Safety in Construction
Staff safety matters in all industries, in all workplaces, and in all roles. However, occupational h...
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Managing Health and Safety for Employees...
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) describes homeworking as, “a type of flexi...
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Gender Diversity in the Workplace
As an employer, you should be in no doubt aware that gender equality should be a given. Equal opport...
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Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
Discrimination in the workplace occurs when you treat an employee less favourably because of a prote...
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Supporting Employees' Mental Health
Mental health is as important as ever. Each week it seems like there's another story in the news ref...
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Understanding the Law on Carrying Over A...
All workers are entitled to take at least 5.6 weeks of leave per leave year. This is pro-rated for p...
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What is A Private Pension?
A private pension, or personal pension plan, is a money-saving scheme that can be used by your emplo...
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Redundancy Letter – How to Write It
Whenever you consider making an employee redundant, you need to follow the correct procedure. This m...
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Health and Safety Checklist
The health and safety of your employees should be at the top of your list of priorities. Creating a ...
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Are you ready for the extra bank holiday...
This year the UK will see an extra bank holiday added to the work calendar to celebrate the coronati...
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Benefits of diversity in the workplace
Today, more employers are prioritizing diversity, inclusivity and equality initiatives to help their...
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Case Law Update: Earl Shilton Town Counc...
Permitting unequal access to toilets and toilet facilities between male and female members of staff ...
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What to Expect in HR and Employment Law ...
2022 was a bumper year for HR and employment law headlines. Russia's invasion of Ukraine led to many...
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Case Law Update: Harpur Trust v Brazel 2...
In January 2023, the government launched a consultation with the aim of overturning the effect of th...
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Case Law Update: Mobbs v Weetabix Limite...
Summary Is a management style that involves humiliation and intimidation ever appropriate? No, an E...
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What is Redundancy Pay?
When an employer needs to make redundancies, there are certain requirements they need to fulfil. Re...
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Overcoming the Hiring Crisis
Any business looking to grow in size will need to rely on talent acquisition. When you’ve perfected ...
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Disability Discrimination at Work
As an employer, you need to understand disability discrimination. Whether you employ disabled staff ...
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HSE Health and Safety Stats for Great Br...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Britain's regulatory body for workplace health and safety, ha...
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Neonatal pay
Employers have a great deal to consider when an employee becomes a parent. Those who manage staff wi...
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Training and Development
Business owners may be excused for not always prioritising employee training and development. Howeve...
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Small Business Checklist
At Croner, we support thousands of UK businesses with our services. There were over 800,000 new busi...
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Discrimination at Work
Individuals from different backgrounds and with a variety of life experiences make up the modern wor...
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Preparing for Adverse Weather
Preparing for Adverse Weather As we enter into the winter season, it is important to prepare for th...
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Christmas HR Issues - Q&A
December is a month of unique HR challenges. In the build up to Christmas, staff can fall into bad h...
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Quiet Firing – Are You Stoking the Flame...
As a recession looms, many employers may be considering cutting down their workforce. While some are...
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Sexual Harassment at Work
Sexual harassment isn't always easy to spot or remove in a business. But, every employer has a duty ...
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How to Make Team Building Less Awkward
When you look at team building through the lens of HR and health & safety, there are very few ac...
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Perceptive Discrimination - An HR Guide
Did you know that an employee doesn’t have to have a protected characteristic to claim discriminatio...
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CV Fraud can be Prosecuted – When Should...
In August 2022, a chief executive was ordered to pay back part of his salary after falsifying his Ph...
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How to Attract the Right Talent and Meet...
In the current employment market, it can be difficult to get the people you need. Many businesses fe...
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Remote Working Bias – “The Zoom Ceiling”
Working remotely can present barriers to progression. Not quite a ceiling, more of a screen, the ter...
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Acceptance of Resignation Letter
When an employee quits their job, resignation letter acceptance is more crucial to business success ...
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HR's Role in Future-Proofing Your Busine...
What is HR's Role in Future-Proofing Your Business? No matter the size of your company, HR (Human Re...
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Verbal Warning at Work
From time to time, your employees may break the rules so you may need to issue a verbal warning at w...
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Vicarious Liability
From time to time, employees may make a mistake at work and employers could be held liable for it. ...
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Shared Parental Leave
Shared parental leave (SPL) is a useful tool to help reduce your organisation’s gender pay gap, as w...
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Case Law Update: Kong v Gulf Internation...
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision where an employer successfully defended a claim for automa...
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Time off for Dependants
Emergencies happen. When they do, your employees might need to take time off. As an employer, you’ll...
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Fit For Work - What You Need To Know
According to the NHS, in the first month of 2022, 539,300 business days were lost due to mental heal...
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Constructive Dismissal Examples
In a previous article, we defined constructive dismissal and explained how to avoid it. In this arti...
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Grievance Procedures in the UK
Your working environment consists of individuals from different backgrounds, with unique life experi...
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Payslips - An Expert Guide
If you’re a growing business, you’ll have registered for PAYE and be handing out payslips each month...
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Case Law Update: Football Team Support -...
The Employment Tribunal has ruled that support for a football club (in this case, Rangers) is not ta...
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Do Small Businesses Need Contracts?
Small businesses, like large businesses, need to provide their staff with employment contracts. Do t...
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The Pound Falls – Pay Rises
Following the mini-budget, or the fiscal event, the pound hit an all-time low against the dollar. W...
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Pet Bereavement Leave - What is HR's Dut...
“My employee is asking to take time off work following the death of their pet – do I have to let the...
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Queen State Funeral Bank Holiday – Are E...
The news of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s death rocked the UK and the world. Now, as we enter a p...
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Can You Sack Someone Without Warning?
Termination of an employee’s contract is, sadly, a part of running a business. Not only is it a diff...
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Coming Out at Work
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Is The Cost of Living Crisis Pushing Peo...
As the cost of living crisis worsens, and the colder months creep ever closer, some staff are consid...
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When & How to Use Additional Days Off as...
An extra day off as a staff benefit might sound like an employer’s worst nightmare. In certain circu...
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The Benefits of Outsourcing Health & Saf...
Outsourcing is a big decision, so it's important you consider all factors before committing to any a...
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Communication in the Workplace
Is to key success in business communication, which is why the right to workplace important get. Fai...
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Summer Holidays 2022 – An Employer’s Gui...
The school summer holidays are in full swing. Employees with children will likely want time off duri...
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5 Top Tips on Boosting Employee Producti...
Maintaining a productive workforce is crucial to the ongoing success of your company. Here are five ...
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Quiet Quitting – Disengagement or Health...
48 hours a week as standard. Plus overtime. Oh, and you’re expected to answer your phone on the week...
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What is a Flexible Working Policy?
As business are increasingly adopting more agile working methods, your HR department may need to rev...
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Restrictive Covenants
If an important employee leaves your business, you might have concerns about them working for a comp...
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Is Maximum Workplace Temperature Legisla...
Following the Great British Heat Wave, many employees (and employers) across the country are asking ...
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How to Fire Someone Without Them Hating ...
Letting someone go is tough. Doing it nicely is even harder. In this article we ask the question: “...
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Summer Issues for Employers
With longer days and higher temperatures, summer is likely an exciting time for both you and your em...
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Uber Files - Key Learnings on Workplace ...
A recent leak of 124,000 records from Uber brings several issues to light. There is a lot to cover, ...
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Case Law Update: Forstater v CGD Europe
The case of Forstater v CGD Europe is a long and complex one. It has gone from employment tribunal (...
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Managing Mass Resignations
I’m confident there is at least one person in the UK who needs advice on this matter right now. As ...
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Education in 2022 – An Employment Law Pe...
What issues are HR departments facing in schools in the UK this year? In this article, we’ll break ...
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Grievance at Work
If an employee wants to raise a grievance at work, you must take it seriously. Whether you think it'...
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Case Law Update: Discrimination & Constr...
An employment tribunal has upheld a claim for indirect sex discrimination and constructive unfair di...
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Managing Expenses - Top Tips for Employe...
Whether you’re self-employed or run a limited company, employee expenses and business expenses are a...
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What are my Health & Safety Responsibili...
Every employer has a duty of care towards their employees—but how far does that duty extend? When t...
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How Does HR Help a Company Succeed?
Often overlooked. Frequently underutilised. Yet absolutely essential to business success. Human Reso...
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Cost of Living – How Can Employers Help?
Maybe it’s the rise in national insurance (NI) contributions. Or, it might be the rocketing energy p...
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How to Tackle Gender Diversity in Male D...
Despite the fact several industries have closed the gender gap, there are still many sectors that ar...
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How to Deal With Strikes
At the time of writing, Britain is currently experiencing the biggest rail strike action in thirty y...
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Early Conciliation Guide
When working in a large organisation or within a big team, there’s bound to be some disagreements or...
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Employee Stuck Overseas? Here Are Your O...
Last week, thousands of British citizens were stuck abroad due to airline chaos after the bank holid...
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Case Law Update: Harassment & Working Ho...
An employment tribunal has found that a police officer was the victim of harassment and victimisatio...
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Staff Training – What, When, Why, and Ho...
Staff training is key to employee development and progression. If you want your workforce to succeed...
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Hiring Regret – Your Options
Recent research shows that business regret almost half of the new hires they make. If you’ve found ...
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Staff Performance - Management & Reviews
Your people are your greatest asset. They are what makes your business profitable and successful. By...
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Employing Ukrainian Refugees - Part Thre...
A Ukrainian national who hasn’t applied for permission to stay in the UK doesn’t have a right to wor...
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What is Constructive Dismissal Compensat...
Constructive dismissal compensation, sometimes referred to as “unfair dismissal compensation”, is th...
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How do I Respond to an Employee Watching...
The recent case of Conservative MP Neil Parish, who was caught watching pornography in the House of ...
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What Does Pro-Rata Mean?
Pro rata is short for ‘proportional’, which is ‘in proportion to’ or ‘a portion of’ an overall value...
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Jubilee Bank Holiday - Are Employees Ent...
Two bank holiday weekends have come and gone. The platinum jubilee is on the horizon. For employees ...
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Case Law Update: Resignation & Terminati...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal was asked to consider whether or not the claimant was dismissed by th...
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HR - Top Tips from Croner Advisors
We asked our advisors to address some of the most common queries they receive via our advice lines. ...
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Unfair Dismissal Compensation
An employment tribunal will award unfair dismissal compensation to your employee (or ex-employee) if...
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Employing Ukrainian Refugees - Part Two:...
So, you’ve decided to employ a Ukrainian national, but have concerns about integrating them into the...
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Managing Sickness Absence Without COVID ...
All COVID rules were scrapped in England on 24th February 2022. But COVID is still present today. T...
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Employing Ukrainian Refugees - Part One:...
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many UK businesses have stepped up to help. Marks &...
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Suspended With Pay – When, Why, How
If you have an employee suspended from work with pay, you must have grounds to do so. The suspension...
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Redundancy Notice Period
Resorting to redundancy to restructure your business, change location, or reduce costs involves lega...
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P&O Redundancies - Three Key Takeaways
Branded one of the most “shameful acts in the history of British industrial relations”, the P&O ...
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Automatic Unfair Dismissal – A Croner Gu...
Usually, an employee needs two years of continuous employment to claim unfair dismissal. However, un...
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The Good Work Plan - Two Years Later
The Good Work Plan was deemed the ‘biggest shake ups of employment law in a generation’. In April 2...
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Case Law Update: Mandatory Vaccines, Dis...
An employment tribunal recently ruled on a case of contractual vaccination requirement & unfair ...
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Quick Guide to Reporting Your Gender Pay...
With little time left to gather data, create your report, and publish it, we thought we’d keep it sn...
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Why Sleep is Essential to Mental Health...
One of the pillars to optimal health and wellbeing—sleep is an essential bodily function. Without it...
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Case Law Update: Dementia & Disability D...
An Employment Tribunal has found that an older employee with dementia was: Constructively dismiss...
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Wrongful Dismissal
Understanding employment law on wrongful dismissal in the UK will spare you not only unnecessary hea...
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Cycle to Work Scheme Explained
Through the Cycle to Work scheme, UK companies can support staff to hire and use bicycles for their ...
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How to Support Women in Management in th...
Supporting women in leadership could make your company a very desirable workplace. With the Great Re...
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Talent Crisis – Is Reskilling the Way Fo...
With staff coming and going in many industries across the UK, lots of businesses are focusing on rec...
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Employment Law Changes – April 2022
2022 is the year when lockdown fully eased in England. With everyone focusing on the remaining restr...
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Compassionate Leave – A Croner Guide
Dealing with serious illness or death in the family will affect most adults during their working lif...
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Four Day Working Week – The UK’s First T...
Back in 2021, Croner took a look at some of the pros and cons of a four-day working week. Now it is ...
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Case Law Update: Discrimination, Charact...
In a decision on unfair dismissal, the Employment Tribunal (ET) had to consider the following: Was ...
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Self-Isolation & Other COVID Updates – 2...
The Prime Minister’s announcement marks an end for COVID restrictions in England. For some, this is ...
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M Austin v A1M Retro Classics Ltd
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Diversity in the workplace can determine the success of your business. Many studies have shown that ...
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Case Law Update: Can Indirect Age Discri...
The Court of Appeal has held that indirect age discrimination can potentially be justified. This cou...
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Statutory Pay Rates to Increase in April...
The Chancellor’s Spending Review would normally be looking three or four years ahead. However, given...
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Prime Minister Unveils COVID Winter Plan
The lockdown in England is due to end on 2 December 2020. Sticking to that deadline, Prime Minister ...
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Employer's Duty of Care
As an employer, you have a certain set of responsibilities for your staff. This includes ensuring th...
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Tribunal Quarterly Statistics
With the Ministry of Justice releasing the statistics for April-June 2020, we can take a look at emp...
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Daylight Saving Time: The Implications f...
Daylight Saving Time is coming to an end on Sunday 25 October, with the clocks going back an hour at...
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The Dangers of Unconscious Bias
The vast majority of companies in the country will know about discrimination and will actively take ...
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Objective Justification
In UK employment law, discrimination in the workplace is illegal under the Equality Act 2010. Howeve...
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Statutory Maternity Pay & Leave
Maternity Pay is an employee right. When an employee takes leave because of pregnancy, she can quali...
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Dealing with an Increase in Job Applican...
Coronavirus and redundancies continue to plague the UK. As a result, the number of people looking fo...
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Nepotism at Work
Unfair hiring practices can destroy employee morale and productivity. This is just one consequence o...
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5 Disciplinary Procedure Essentials for ...
Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for harassment problems to emerge in a workplace. If it occurs in y...
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7 Steps for Managing Harassment in the W...
Unfortunately, harassment in the workplace is still a serious problem in the UK. Protecting employee...
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Religious Discrimination in the Workplac...
Religion or belief can be a big part of an individual’s life. While you may or may not believe it ha...
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There and Back Again – The Return to Hom...
Well, here we are again. Many employers were hoping the period remote work earlier this year was a o...
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What to do About Insubordination at Work
If you're an employer or someone managing staff your aim will of course be to create a harmonious wo...
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New COVID-19 Restrictions - Homeworking ...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced new measures that are to be put into place. The one measu...
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Case Law Update: Reputational Damage & K...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that a dismissal for reputational risk, following the...
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What is Summary Dismissal in the UK?
Occasionally, one of your employees may breach your internal conduct policy. An act of gross miscond...
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Employer Withholding Pay
“Can my employer withhold my pay?” is a common question made by employees. You may wonder yourself i...
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How Many Sick Days Per Year are Acceptab...
An employee taking a sick day is a disruption to your business, even if it’s legitimate. Where the a...
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My Employee is Refusing to Social Distan...
Unfortunately, there are individuals out there who don’t believe in social distancing and mask weari...
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Fraudulent Furlough Claims - Penalties E...
The furlough scheme was put in place to support employers who were not able to operate as normal due...
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7 Steps for EDI Recruitment in Practice
The following article was originally published on the RIBA website. A huge thanks to Helen Castle, P...
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What is Positive Discrimination in the U...
In today’s business and social climate, it’s important to embrace diversity to ensure your business ...
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The UK's Biggest Workplace Worries - COV...
In August 2020, we surveyed a number of business to find out their biggest workplace concerns. In li...
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Making Contract Changes Due to COVID-19
2020 is a year of survival for businesses. That means saving costs and facing challenges head on. U...
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Health and Safety Compliance
Health and safety law is criminal law. That means failure to follow it can result in criminal convic...
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Company Relocation Employee Rights
Sometimes relocation is unavoidable. That doesn’t mean managing the transition of key employees to t...
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Case Law Update: Unfair Dismissal & Some...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that a dismissal with no procedure was fair due to a breakd...
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Case Law Update: Disability Discriminati...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that the tribunal did not err by finding a claimant h...
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My Staff Are Quarantined - What Do I Do?
An increasing number of countries are being added to the COVID quarantine list. Individuals who retu...
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Notice Required to Change Working Hours ...
Given the current situation in the UK, you’ll want to save costs. It’s also highly likely you’ll wan...
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Case Law Update: Self Employment & Emplo...
The employment tribunal (ET) has ruled that a hairdresser was an employee. Her employer considered h...
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Case Law Update: Agency Workers & Tempor...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld an earlier decision from the employment tribunal (ET...
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Shielding is Ending – What Does This Mea...
A lot of companies in the UK will have staff who are ‘shielding’. This could be due to a medical con...
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What Would a Second Wave of Coronavirus ...
Health leaders have suggested a second wave of coronavirus infections could occur in the winter. If ...
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How BrightHR Helps You Get Your Business...
There’s a lot of preparation that needs to go into reopening your business. But don’t worry, we’re h...
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What is Survivor Syndrome & How Do I Com...
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Redundancy and Furlough
The government initially put the Job Retention Scheme in place to help businesses retain staff durin...
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How to Bring Staff Back off Furlough
The global pandemic has resulted in a lot of “firsts” for employment law in the UK. Many employers w...
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Case Law Update: Disability Discriminati...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that an employment tribunal (ET) was right to rely on...
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Top Tips - Getting Back to Normal
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Employer's Obligations in Relation to RI...
As an employer, you’re undoubtedly familiar with RIDDOR and your reporting obligations. However, the...
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Schools Staying Shut – What Could This M...
Schools are no longer obligated to fully reopen before the school summer holidays in England. Instea...
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Working From Home: Health & Safety Durin...
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the UK government advises businesses to let employees work from hom...
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Coronavirus & Unpaid Leave
There are a number of reasons an employee might want to take time off work. Some of these reasons w...
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How to Place Staff on Short Time Working
Coronavirus lockdown measures are starting to lift, but not every business in the UK can reopen its ...
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SSP Rebate Scheme: Explained
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Lay Off Clause
Laying off an employee can be a difficult conversation. Having a lay off clause is a vital part of t...
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Coronavirus Q&A – Advice for Employers
First published 3rd March 2020. Last updated 13th May 2020 at 11:00. The UK is officially in lockdo...
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[Mythbuster] There Are No Real Health & ...
Since there’s been a large increase in the number of people working from home in the past month, it ...
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Prime Minister Sets Out Plan For Easing ...
In a 10-minute address on Sunday evening, Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out a provisional plan f...
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HR During the Coronavirus Crisis
Your staff are furloughed. So you could be forgiven for thinking that usual employment obligations n...
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Emergency Volunteer Leave: What Do You N...
On 26 March 2020, the government outlined future plans to introduce more volunteering. The purpose w...
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Variation Clause in Employment Contracts
Making a variation of an employment contract is fraught with risks. You need to consider things such...
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Cancel Annual Leave: Coronavirus
It’s a difficult time for everyone during the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses face a complex task o...
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Changing Contract of Employment Lawfully
When you plan to make changes to an employment contract, you must consider a number of elements. But...
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Coronavirus: Sick Pay Entitlement for Pa...
If you have employees off work sick with COVID-19, you may be able to claim back SSP via the Governm...
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Top Tips for Homeworking
The COVID-19 outbreak has more people than ever working from home in the UK. For employees and empl...
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[Mythbuster] Employees Don’t Accrue Holi...
With everything that’s been going on the past few weeks, it can be difficult to keep up with all of ...
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Case Law Update: Disability Discriminati...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled on a case involving two disabled police officers and ...
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Can I Tell Staff How to Dress for Work?
Employers often implement a dress policy to ensure staff maintain a professional image at work. The ...
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How BrightHR Helps You Manage COVID-19 i...
It doesn’t matter which sector you’re working in, how big or small your business is, or whether you’...
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Case Law Update: Sunday Opt Out and Unfa...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that an employee whose job offer was retracted when t...
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Work Equipment - Health & Safety
Key legislation covering the safety of work equipment includes the Provision and Use of Work Equipme...
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[Mythbuster] Overtime Makes Employees Mo...
This time I thought I’d tackle a classic—overtime leads to increased productivity. Sometimes it fee...
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Case Law Update: Refuting a Whistleblowe...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an organisation was not liable for the damage to a whistle blower...
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Non-Disclosure Agreement Guidance - What...
Acas has released new guidance on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). It covers the drafting, use, mis...
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[Top Tips] Improving Hygiene in the Work...
It’s a difficult topic—personal hygiene. Whether an employee is refusing to wash their hands, or a p...
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8 Top Tips for Investigating a Claim of ...
In cases of harassment you must follow a set process and deal with any harassment complaint quickly,...
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Case Law Update: When is an Impairment a...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that, when bringing a claim of disability discriminat...
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Case Law Update: Company Losses & Reason...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that permitting an employee to work from home at a mo...
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First Aid at Work Regulations
All workplaces, no matter the size, industry or location, need first aid. However, the nature of you...
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How Employees Procrastinate at Work
No-one spends every second of every working day on the job. Sometimes you have to make a drink, take...
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Health & Safety in 2020 - What To Expect
If you don’t already, you should keep up to date with health & safety law. The Health and Safety...
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Case Law Update - Misconduct and Missing...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that there can be circumstances where, when considerin...
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Parental Bereavement Leave Becomes Law i...
In 2010, Lucy Herd lost her son Jack. She was shocked to find how little time her partner could take...
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Case Law Update - Discrimination Cancell...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that individuals who have been dismissed, but then la...
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New Minimum Wage Rates Announced
2020 is set to be one of the busiest years yet for employment law developments.The government kicked...
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Disciplinary in the workplace
When running a business, you’ll need to deal with grievances and disciplinarily issues from time to ...
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Ethical Veganism is a Philosophical Beli...
Under the Equality Act 2010, it’s unlawful to discriminate against an individual because of their re...
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Mythbuster – You Can’t Call in Sick for ...
There’s still stigma around mental health in the workplace. This means employees who might want to c...
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Key Developments in 2020
2019 was a busy year for employment law, but 2020 is set to be even busier. Below are some key area...
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Can Employees Carry Over Their Leave?
Employers are free to choose which 12-month period will serve as the company’s leave year. However, ...
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What Does a Conservative Victory Mean fo...
In light of the significant Conservative victory last week, we now have more certainty surrounding e...
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Case Law Update - When Immigration & Emp...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an organisation was wrong to completely depend on a neg...
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Top Five Cases of 2019
2019 has been a turbulent year for employment law. Here are the top 5 key cases from this year and ...
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Redundancy
Sometimes, an employer may need to reduce the size of their workforce. One method they might conside...
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Case Law Update: Gray v Mulberry Company...
The Court of Appeal has upheld earlier decisions that an employee’s belief in the right to own the c...
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Mythbuster – Political Burnout Won’t Imp...
The UK is getting ready for its third general election in four years. Hanging over everything is the...
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Working Time Regulations
The Working Time Regulations 1998, sometimes known as the ‘working time directive’ or just ‘working ...
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Case Law Update: Harassment & Right to P...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that an employer relying on evidence provided by...
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Case Law Update - Redundancy Pay, Statut...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has provided further clarification on how statutory and contrac...
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Christmas Election – What do Employers N...
The General Election is on and it’s set for 12th December 2019. How will this impact employment law...
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Recording Conversations at Work- Is it l...
Recording conversations at work is a legal grey area that the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) is c...
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‘Real’ Living Wage Increases – What Does...
On Monday 11 November 2019, the Living Wage Foundation outlined the new ‘real’ Living Wage rates. T...
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Dismissal Procedures
Dismissal from work should always be your last resort. However, sometimes it’s unavoidable. Which is...
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Expert View: Employment Contracts
If you’d like to download a copy of the contract reviewed in the video, click here. Make Your ...
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Pregnancy Discrimination
Discrimination is an employment tribunal case waiting to happen. Despite this, pregnancy and materni...
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Case Law Update: Religious Preaching in ...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a Nurse was fairly dismissed on allegations she’d engaged in inap...
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Inclusivity at Company Events
Social events—parties, group outings, or activity days—are a great way to reward your hard-working s...
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Case Law Update: When is a Disability a ...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that, when evaluating if an impairment should be clas...
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[Mythbuster] I'm Not Liable for Drunk Dr...
As the end of the year draws closer the number of company parties increase. Whether you barely reco...
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Five Top Tips on Tackling Bullying in th...
Never underestimate the impact bullying can have on your workforce. It can take may forms and can so...
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Case Law Update: Teacher-Student Relatio...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that an employee wasn’t unfairly dismissed despite co...
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Case Law Update: Philosophical Belief & ...
The employment tribunal (ET) has held that a doctor’s ‘conscientious objection’ to refer to transgen...
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The Ramifications of Thomas Cook’s Colla...
On 23 September 2019, Thomas Cook went into compulsory liquidation. Around 21,000 worldwide employe...
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Top Tips to De-escalate Conflict
Conflict can take many forms. Whatever the nature of the conflict, it's in your interest to de-esca...
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Jury Service: Employer Obligations
One of your employees has jury service—now what? Your business will no doubt have many questions abo...
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[Mythbuster] I Can’t Discipline an Emplo...
Politics, both in and out of the workplace, is becoming more and more divisive and polarising. Today...
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Choosing a Company Car
A company car is a fairly common business perk for employees. There are a number of things to consid...
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Disability - An Employer's Responsibilit...
October is National Disability Awareness month. If you weren’t already, it’s important to be aware o...
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The National Minimum Wage has been the focus of many legal cases recently, with everything from slee...
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Stay Interviews: Find Out Why Your Staff...
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For many employers, Halloween is a nightmare—not just because of the costumes, but because of the po...
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There are some employees who feel that participating in diversity training is an attack on their rac...
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‘No deal’ Brexit Government Guidance Exp...
The government recently released guidance on what would happen if the UK and the EU were unable to c...
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The Perils of Presenteeism
A report by the Office of National Statistics stated that average number of sick days in 2017 was 4....
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Sport Relief Fancy Dress: A Potential T...
With Sport Relief coming to most workplaces in March, we examine whether allowing fancy dress is har...
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Brexit-Related Uncertainty Around EU Wor...
There are many issues surrounding the area of Brexit and its impact on EU workers and employers in t...
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How Businesses can Best Prepare for Brex...
Recently, attitudes towards Brexit have taken a very pessimistic turn. Many are advising businesses ...
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What is Harassment in the Workplace?
Harassment at work involves one or more employees causing a colleague to feel upset, shamed, intimid...
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What Should I do if I Overpay a Worker?
Overpaying employees is more common than you might think. It's a simple enough error that can have ...
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Conducting a Salary Review
There is no law stating that you must increase staff pay each year. If an employee’s annual salary ...
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Gross Misconduct: Everything You Need to...
When an employee commits gross misconduct, an employer can terminate the employee with no notice per...
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The True Cost of Hiring a Bad Recruit
Hiring a bad recruit may seem like a mild inconvenience- a speed bump- but nothing more. In truth, t...
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[Mythbuster] It Is Too Expensive to Hire...
Only a small percentage of disabled employees require reasonable adjustments that actually cost the ...
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Statutory Redundancy Pay in the UK
Many employers have had to face the dreaded task of making some or all of their staff redundant. Los...
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What is Unfair Dismissal?
UK law describes unfair dismissal as firing an employee without a fair reason to do so. There are fi...
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An affair at work can refer to any relationship between two of your employees. This includes extrama...
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Back in March, 179 employers were named and shamed by the Government for failing to pay the National...
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Equal Pay Claims are Rising
In July 2017, tribunal fees were ruled to be unlawful, and so the barrier that stopped employees cla...
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The 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup is just around the corner, and there is a twinkle of tentativ...
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What is a Workplace Pension Scheme?
A workplace pension scheme helps your employees to save for their retirement. You, their employer, a...
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What are Allowable Expenses?
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In 2016/17, there were 642,000 reported incidents of violence at work. In the same period, 326,000 a...
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The British workplace has never been safer, with the number of accidents and deaths going down year ...
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The UK State Pension is a regular pension payment. The Government provides it, and most people in th...
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What Are Travel Expenses?
Even when a business trip seems simple, travel expenses can prove tricky. Can your employees claim t...
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What is Pension Auto Enrolment?
The pension auto enrolment scheme is a government initiative. Its aim is to help more people save fo...
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Managing a disciplinary investigation can be complicated. There's likely to be a lot of emotion flyi...
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7 Ideas for Going Green in Your Workplac...
Earth Day has now reached its 50th year and is an occasion where people and businesses from around t...
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Balancing the Benefits of Coffee Breaks ...
UK Coffee Week is this month and it focuses on supporting communities across the globe that grow the...
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Tackling Allergies in the Workplace
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From April 6th some important changes to employment termination payments will come into force, which...
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Volunteers’ Rights
Many organisations rely on the support of volunteers to deliver their activities. Whether you’re th...
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A Guide To Homeworking For Employers
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The fight against harassment has spread to all corners of society – from Hollywood and the Golden Gl...
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UK marketing professionals working in the private sector are three times more likely to receive an a...
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Uber Lose Appeal: 40,000 Drivers Entitle...
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Getting Health & Safety compliance right is a necessity for all businesses. This is not just be...
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Holiday Pay & Overtime
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Since the Supreme Court ruled tribunal fees were ‘unlawful’ it is widely expected that the number of...
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National Minimum Wage Advice for Employe...
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Gig Decisions Not Ground Breaking
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Employment Tribunal System Reforms
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Inquiry into the Gig Economy
The Government has launched an inquiry into the future world of work and the gig economy following p...
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Safeguarding Pregnant Workers
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ACAS Employment Tribunal Research Paper ...
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End of the line for poor performance
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Part-Time Workers Miss Out on Occupation...
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