7/24/2024 10:12:20 AM Pronoun policies: how to get it right By Alexandra Mizzi It's increasingly common for employers to invite staff to add pronouns to their email signatures, to show support for and solidarity with...
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...
6/30/2023 3:41:22 PM Case update: Managing conflicting views at work By Alexandra Mizzi As the public debate over trans rights has become increasingly polarised, the conflict between trans rights and "gender-critical" views...
3/16/2023 4:04:14 PM I heard it on the grapevine…will new legislation undermine protection against harassment? By Hannah Capstick In 2021 the UK government committed to supporting legislation aimed at better protecting employees from harassment. The proposals are...
12/12/2022 9:22:08 AM Flexible working: the Government's proposals By Alexandra Mizzi The Government has published its long-awaited proposals on reforming the flexible working request regime. Although its proposals are...
9/12/2022 4:26:52 PM Is long Covid a disability? By Alexandra Mizzi The Equality and Human Rights Commission recently issued a confusing statement suggesting that long Covid should not be treated as a...
5/27/2022 5:58:10 PM Trans rights, freedom of expression and the workplace By Alexandra Mizzi Over the last few years, the public discussion over trans rights has become an increasingly fraught. A couple of recent Employment...
12/14/2021 6:48:27 PM Fertility treatment and pregnancy loss: how employers can support staff By Alexandra Mizzi COVID-19 and the rise of remote working has brought the workplace into our homes - and the additional strain of working through a...
11/4/2021 1:51:39 PM Turn and face the change... handling menopause in the workplace By Alexandra Mizzi Jane Amphlett The 18 October was World Menopause Day, so it's fitting that October also saw an interesting Employment Tribunal case on menopause...
11/4/2021 1:49:27 PM On active duty: employers' anti-harassment obligations By Alexandra Mizzi Jane Amphlett Over the summer, the Government published its response to a consultation on reforms of the law concerning workplace harassment. The most...
6/14/2021 2:36:29 PM Gender not-so-neutral: Trans rights and gender-critical views at work By Alexandra Mizzi It's not every day that JK Rowling retweets an Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment. The fact that the Harry Potter author publicly...
5/20/2021 5:05:02 PM Connecting the S to the G in ESG By Alexandra Mizzi Jane Amphlett We recently hosted an event where we were delighted to welcome Victoria Hartley and Charlie Hodkinson-Ashford of Corporate Citizenship,...