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Rob Moss examines eight potential new equality laws, including race and disability equal pay rules and dual discrimination claims.
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A staggering 65 per cent of UK employees are either moving, might, or will definitely seek new employment in the next 12 months. Employees Feel Undervalued but Empowered to Leave …
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Equality, diversity and inclusion
Union branch wants rights for polyamorous people
by Rob Mossby Rob MossUnion branch submits motion to the Scottish Trades Union Congress for polyamory and polyamorous relationships to be protected rights.
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British Steel could be nationalised as fears grow over the future of the company’s blast furnaces in Scunthorpe. Last month, the company said it would consult with the workforce and …
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The first Universal theme park in Europe will be built in the UK, creating around 28,000 jobs.
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A senior manager at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant accepted bribes including an £11,000 quad bike, a tribunal hearing has revealed.
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A doctor who provided services to two hospitals via a personal services company has been deemed an employee for tax purposes after a long-running legal battle.
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Krishma Bathia, senior associate at Birketts law firm, highlights key factors that employers must consider when hiring international workers.
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ECHR rejects legal challenge by Sir Philip Green to stop parliamentary privilege allowing the disclosure of names in privacy injunctions.
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Flexible working
Fifth of flexible working requests denied one year on
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherA fifth of employees have had a flexible working request denied, with almost a third of these down to employers’ fears about productivity.Â
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Of all businesses surveyed about right to work checks, 80% answered at least one compliance question incorrectly, and are at risk of non-compliance.
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Recruitment & retention
Half of companies cut back on hiring due to NI rise
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherAlmost half of UK companies are scaling back on recruitment in response to the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions.
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Dozens of quangos could be shut down in a bid to run Whitehall more efficiently, it has been reported.
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Gen Z workers are ‘consciously unbossing’. How can organisations build satisfying development paths for younger employees that don’t necessarily involve management?
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‘Army’ of young people to be trained for green energy jobs and apprenticeships needed to deliver clean power by 2030.Â