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April saw increases in the potential compensation tribunals can award, including guidelines on ‘injury to feelings’ awards.
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Unite union members at Red Handling and Redline Oil are set to strike in May and June, with some overlap in the industrial action.
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The IER argued that the proposals concerning fire and rehire would still allow employers to dismiss and re-engage staff under vaguely defined ‘likely financial difficulties’.
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Business optimism has risen to its highest level since September 2024 according to the Institute of Directors.
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The talks represent Acas’s first major involvement in attempts to end the full strike since it started, on 11 March.
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Employers urged to do more to tackle loneliness
Employers are being urged to take a more active role in addressing loneliness inside and outside the workplace. Research from the Economics of Mutuality Alliance and the University of Manchester …
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Peers criticise number of amendments government is making to the Employment Rights Bill, as they debate legislation in the House of Lords.
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Millions of people in the UK are at risk of reaching retirement significantly ‘under-pensioned’, a report has warned. The research by now:pensions and the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has concluded …
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Almost half (42%) of the UK workforce wants to be given access to sabbaticals, with demand being driven by rising concerns around mental ill health and burnout, according to recruiter …
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Following the latest gender pay gap reporting deadlines, Oliver Varney discusses how the EHRC scrutinises the data submitted by employers.
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M&S bakery worker wins claim for automatic unfair dismissal and pregnancy discrimination at Watford employment tribunal.
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Most HR directors in retail believe Employment Rights Bill will have a negative impact, with half saying it will reduce headcount.
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The UK’s first transgender judge to appeal biological sex ruling by the Supreme Court at the European Court of Human Rights.
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How should HR teams interpret the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex, and subsequent update from the Equality and Human Rights Commission?
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The BBC will take ‘immediate action’ to improve its workplace culture after publishing an independent review.