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    CBI chair Soames accuses ministers of not listening over Employment Rights Bill

    by Adam McCulloch 16 May 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 16 May 2025

    At the Acas 2025 conference in Westminster, Soames accused the government of failing to listen to businesses's concerns about the proposals.

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    • Disability discrimination
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    Union rep teacher awarded £370k for unfair dismissal

    by Rob Moss 15 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 15 May 2025

    Teacher and union rep awarded £370,000 after head teacher unfairly dismissed her in ‘revenge’ for her opposing lesson observations plan.

    • Case law
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    • Gender

    EHRC bows to pressure and extends gender consultation

    by Rob Moss 15 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 15 May 2025

    EHRC extends consultation on an updated code of practice –  following Supreme Court’s biological sex judgment – from two to six weeks.

    • Construction
    • Age discrimination
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    Tribunal finds need for degree in redundancy selection was ageist

    by Rob Moss 14 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 14 May 2025

    Scoring someone lower in a redundancy selection process if they do not have a degree can constitute indirect age discrimination.

    • Employee relations
    • Ethics
    • Data protection

    ‘Polygamous working’ is a minefield for HR

    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025

    ‘Polygamous working’, or secretly holding down more than one full-time job, may be on the rise, especially with remote or...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Indirect discrimination

    Contract cleaner loses EAT race discrimination appeal

    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has dismissed an appeal regarding a discrimination claim brought by a cleaner for the Ministry of...

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    Four ways employers can reduce the risk of an always-on work environment

    by Dr Cheryl Lythgoe 14 May 2025
    by Dr Cheryl Lythgoe 14 May 2025

    With hybrid working and technology blurring the boundaries between home and work-life as never before, it is vital employers –...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Immigration white paper: 10 key points and reaction

    by Jo Faragher 12 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 12 May 2025

    Prime minister Keir Starmer announced the government’s Immigration White Paper this morning, pledging to drastically reduce employers’ reliance on overseas...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Immigration white paper: strict limits on overseas recruitment

    by Jo Faragher 12 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 12 May 2025

    The government will ‘radically reform’ the UK’s immigration system under new measures proposed in today’s immigration white paper.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Construction workers win compensation claim against defunct employer

    by Jo Faragher 9 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 9 May 2025

    The former employees of Bowie Construction will receive their payouts from the government’s Redundancy Payments Service.

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Zero-hours workers’ rights to be extended from beyond the grave

    by Adam McCulloch 8 May 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 8 May 2025

    Workers could be awarded compensation after their death if businesses breach a ban on zero-hours contracts.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Constructive dismissal
    • NHS

    NHS worker awarded £29k after Darth Vader comparison

    by Rob Moss 8 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 8 May 2025

    NHS worker awarded £29,000 by employment tribunal after being assigned Darth Vader personality type in Star Wars-themed Myers-Briggs exercise.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Senior execs at BlackRock to work in office five days a week

    by Adam McCulloch 8 May 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 8 May 2025

    The world’s largest asset manager BlackRock has told its senior staff to return to the office five days a week.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Uber
    • Zero hours

    How can businesses build protections for gig workers?

    by Jo Faragher 7 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 7 May 2025

    Gig or platform workers can be an overlooked group when it comes to employment protections and safety.
    Clarity on their...

    • Employment law
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    Employment tribunal backlog up 23% in a year

    by Rob Moss 7 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 7 May 2025

    Quarterly employment tribunal statistics show the number of open cases has risen from 39,000 to 49,800 in 12 months.

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