10/10/2025 5:51:30 PM Navigating the new sick leave landscape: Legal and practical implications By Netanya Cramer Sickness absence in the UK has reached a 15-year high, with employees now taking an average of 9.4 days off per year. The CIPD’s...
7/9/2025 1:14:37 PM Update: new proposals in the Employment Rights Bill By Alexandra Mizzi July is usually the time when people start drifting away on summer holidays, exhausted teachers decide to put on a film and colleagues...
7/1/2025 4:10:16 PM Update: Timeline for the Employment Rights Bill's reforms By Alexandra Mizzi The Employment Rights Bill, currently progressing through the House of Lords, is one of the biggest shake-ups of employment law for...
6/20/2025 4:29:21 PM The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: What employers need to know By Alexandra Mizzi The Data (Use and Access) Act, which has just become law, is the first major post-Brexit reform to data protection law. It's intended...
1/30/2025 3:44:15 PM Looking ahead for 2025: Neonatal care leave By Alexandra Mizzi What is the new right? The new statutory right to neonatal care leave and pay will apply in respect of babies born on or after 6 April...
1/29/2025 4:45:50 PM Looking forward: the Employment Rights Bill and the key changes business owners should be aware of By Hannah Capstick The Employment Rights Bill was a key pillar of the Government's election manifesto and proposes significant changes to UK employment law...
1/21/2025 3:04:41 PM Looking ahead for 2025: AI in the workplace By Alexandra Mizzi The growth of AI in the workplace shows no signs of abating - and nor does the concern of businesses that they will be left behind in the...
1/14/2025 10:11:14 PM Looking ahead to 2025: who is liable for whistleblowing claims? By Alexandra Mizzi UK employment law provides two key protections for staff who make protected disclosures: protection against dismissal (dismissal for...
12/27/2024 4:17:08 PM Looking ahead in 2025: handling conflicting beliefs in the workplace By Alexandra Mizzi During 2024, there were a number of high-profile Employment Tribunal cases arising from employees expressing their beliefs inside and...
12/27/2024 2:56:25 PM Looking ahead for 2025: sex, boardrooms and gender recognition certificates By Alexandra Mizzi In November 2024, the Supreme Court heard arguments in an important appeal case concerning the meaning of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010....