12/8/2023 5:05:03 PM Redundancy: how much consultation makes it fair? By Alexandra Mizzi In a challenging economy, with interest rate hikes and continued productivity concerns, it's perhaps unsurprising that many employers are...
12/8/2023 5:01:25 PM 2024: A year of change for employers By Alexandra Mizzi 2024 will be an exceptionally busy year for employers, with a host of new statutory rights to get to grips with. New regulations in...
12/8/2023 1:31:22 PM New rules on holidays: a great package deal for employers? By Alexandra Mizzi For more than a decade, holiday accrual and pay has been a vexed issue for employers. A string of European Court of Justice and UK cases...
10/16/2023 2:52:30 PM An end to variable working patterns - Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 By Jim Fairlie Introduction The new Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 (WPT 2023) aims to address the challenges faced by workers in...
10/14/2023 5:13:22 PM Time to take a break? The Supreme Court rules on holiday pay and when a "series of deductions" is broken By Alexandra Mizzi For over a decade, the developing caselaw about holiday entitlement and pay has caused headaches for employers. Holiday pay is both more...
9/27/2023 7:59:59 AM Equality Action Plans - where do you start? By Alexandra Mizzi When an organisation faces allegations of discrimination or harassment, particularly when those allegations are in the public eye, the...
9/26/2023 12:47:27 PM When diversity training gets off track By Alexandra Mizzi Organisations which want to become more inclusive often put in place diversity training for their staff. Indeed, providing such training...
9/26/2023 12:44:41 PM Defending discrimination claims - have you taken all reasonable steps? By Alexandra Mizzi When businesses are faced with an Employment Tribunal claim for discrimination, their lawyers ask early on whether they have an...
9/26/2023 9:44:52 AM Proposed reform to non-competes and key considerations for senior executives By Hannah Capstick The UK government has proposed introducing a statutory limit of 3 months on non-compete restrictions. A non-compete is a type of...
9/5/2023 12:08:08 PM Equal pay U-turn - a victory for employees? By Alexandra Mizzi Employment law will be substantially affected by the Retained EU Law Act. Although the controversial 'sunset' provisions were dropped,...
7/25/2023 1:06:35 PM Strike Bill becomes law By Sam Murray-Hinde After much a do, the Strike (Minimum Service Levels) Bill (with a wider sector application than the original Bill from 2022, which was...
7/25/2023 7:41:56 AM Flexible working and the new Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 By Annie Long The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill has received royal assent and is expected to come into force in the summer of 2024. The...